Germany July Import and Export Prices: Summary (Table)

By Kristian Siedenburg

Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of July import prices from the German Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden:

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                  July   June    May  April  March   Feb.   Jan.   Dec.   Nov.
                  2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2007   2007
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                  ----------------------------MOM%----------------------------
Import prices MoM  0.6%   1.5%   2.4%   0.9%   0.4%   1.1%   0.8%  -0.1%   0.7%
ex energy         0.6%   0.5%   0.6%   0.3%   0.0%   0.9%   0.9%   0.1%  -0.4%
Export prices      0.5%   0.5%   0.4%   0.3%   0.2%   0.6%   0.7%   0.0%   0.0%
                  ----------------------------YOY%----------------------------
Import prices YoY  9.3%   8.9%   7.9%   5.7%   5.7%   5.9%   5.2%   3.7%   3.5%
ex energy         3.5%   2.5%   2.0%   1.5%   1.5%   1.6%   0.7%   0.1%  -0.4%
Export prices      3.3%   2.7%   2.3%   2.2%   2.2%   2.2%   1.8%   1.3%   1.2%
                  ---------------------Three-month Change---------------------
Import prices      4.4%   3.7%   2.9%   2.2%   1.9%   1.6%   1.6%   1.3%   0.9%
ex energy         1.3%   1.1%   1.3%   1.6%   1.4%   0.8%   0.2%   0.0%  -0.3%
Export prices      1.2%   1.0%   1.1%   1.2%   1.1%   0.7%   0.3%   0.1%   0.1%
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                  July   June    May  April  March   Feb.   Jan.   Dec.   Nov.
                  2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2007   2007
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                 ----------------------------Index----------------------------
Import prices     118.8  118.1  116.3  113.6  112.6  112.1  110.9  110.0  110.1
ex energy        106.5  105.9  105.4  104.8  104.5  104.5  103.6  102.7  102.6
Export prices     110.4  109.8  109.2  108.8  108.5  108.3  107.7  107.0  107.0
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NOTE: Index level based at 2000=100. Data is unadjusted for
seasonal influences. The three month change is calculated as
the average index level of the latest three months divided by
the average index level of the previous three months.

SOURCE: Statistisches Bundesamt (German Federal Statistical Office)

To contact the reporter on this story: Kristian Siedenburg in Budapest at ksiedenburg@bloomberg.net