The European Union’s average index was up 0.4% on the month, the statistics office Eurostat said.
The highest increases in the total index were observed in Hungary (+1.7%), Cyprus (+1.1%), Lithuania and the United Kingdom (both +1.0%), and the lowest in Ireland and Malta (both +0.1%). Decreases were observed in Sweden (-0.8%), Finland (-0.2%) and Latvia (-0.1%), while prices remained stable in Slovenia.
In annual terms, Romanian industrial prices rose 7.2% in September, while EU’s average growth was 6.9%.
The largest annual increases were registered in the United Kingdom (+13.2%), Lithuania (+12.2%) and Latvia (+9.3%), and the smallest in Malta (+0.9%) and Slovakia (+2.6%). The only decrease was recorded in Sweden (-0.3%).