The largest monthly increases in the EU’s total index were recorded in Cyprus (+1.8%), Latvia (+1.3%), Ireland and Lithuania (both +1.2%), and the highest decreases in Greece (-1.4%), Sweden and the United Kingdom (both -1.1%). prices remained stable in Germany, Malta, Romania and Finland.
In annual terms, Romanian industrial prices rose 7.8% in May, while EU’s average growth was 7.1%.
The biggest annual increases were registered in the United Kingdom (+11.9%), Denmark (+10.8%) and the Netherlands (+10.7%), and the smallest in Malta (+0.8%), Sweden (+2.3%), Hungary and Slovakia (both +3.2%).
According to Romanian official data released earlier Monday, industrial producer prices edged down 0.3% in May from a month earlier, but were up 8% compared with the same month of 2010.