Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Industrial production prices in Slovakia held steady in September, as lower energy costs offset gains in most other sectors, according to the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (ŠÚ SR). While industrial prices showed no year-on-year change, agricultural and construction producer prices continued to climb, reflecting higher costs in key domestic sectors.
Producer prices for the domestic industrial market in September 2025 were unchanged from a year earlier. Out of 16 monitored sectors, 12 reported price increases, while four sectors declined, including the energy industry, where prices fell by 3.4%. The decline in energy costs effectively neutralised the upward movement seen in manufacturing segments such as transport equipment (+5%) and food, beverages, and tobacco products (+3.9%).
For the first nine months of 2025, domestic industrial producer prices were 0.5% higher than a year ago but declined 0.3% compared with August. On foreign markets, prices rose 1.7% year-on-year, with a cumulative increase of 1.1% since the beginning of the year.
In agricultural primary production, producer prices rose 5.4% year-on-year in September, marking the second-lowest increase of 2025. The moderate pace reflects slower growth in crop prices, which rose 2%, while animal production continued to grow at a double-digit rate of 12.2%.
Within crop production, cereal prices were stable, and oilseed and oleaginous fruits rose by 6.5%. After nearly a year of declines, fresh vegetable prices increased by 6.9%, while fruit and nut prices saw only minor growth (+1.4%). Potato (-11.5%) and legume (-1.4%) prices remained below last year’s levels.
In animal production, price growth remained strong for hen eggs (+29.7%), raw cow’s milk (+17%), and beef (+18.8%), while slaughter pigs continued to sell for less than in 2024 (-8.7%).
The construction sector saw prices rise 5.6% year-on-year in September and 5.2% for the first nine months of 2025. The cost of materials used in construction grew 3.5% compared to the same month last year, with a cumulative 2.2% increase since January.
The Statistical Office confirmed that all price indices have been recalculated from January 2024 following changes in methodology and the adoption of a new classification by kind-of-activity units. Expanded datasets are now available in the DATAcube database, covering industrial, construction, agricultural, and forestry price statistics.
The September data underline a divergent trend across Slovakia’s production sectors: industrial prices are stabilising as energy costs remain subdued, while agriculture and construction continue to face moderate inflationary pressure. The combination points to a mixed outlook for the final quarter of 2025 — steady output costs in manufacturing but continued strain on food and building inputs.
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (Štatistický úrad SR) – Price Indices in Production Area, September 2025.
