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13 Feb 2026
Drop in industrial import prices recorded in 2025
Industrial import costs decline by 5.4% year-on-year in December.
RE+D Magazine
The General Index of Import Prices in Industry, with a base year of 2021=100.0 and reference month December 2025, recorded a decrease of 5.4% compared to the corresponding index in December 2024. This contrasts with a 0.6% increase observed in the year-on-year comparison for December 2024 versus December 2023.
According to data published by ELSTAT, the General Index of Industrial Import Prices in December 2025 decreased by 1.5% compared with November 2025, in contrast to an increase of 0.8% recorded in the same month-to-month comparison in 2024.
For the twelve-month period January–December 2025, the average General Index fell by 2.8% compared with the same period in 2024, versus a 2.0% decline in the previous year-on-year comparison.