Manufactured goods see slight price fall in Sep

Producer prices for manufactured products fell by an average of 0.3 per in September 2025 from September 2024, according to Statistics Finland. The producer prices of manufactured products sold on the domestic market rose by 0.4 per cent, while the prices of export products went down by 1.0 per cent. The fall in the producer prices was particularly caused by lower prices of pulp, paper and paperboard and electricity compared with last year's September. The decrease in prices was curbed especially by the increase in prices of food products from a year ago. The export price index went down by 1.0 per cent in a year. The fall in export prices was especially due to lower prices of basic iron and steel and ferro-alloys and paper and paper products compared with last years September. The fall in export prices was curbed especially by the increase in prices of precious metals and other inorganic basic chemicals. The import price index went down by 1.0 per cent in a year. The decrease in import prices was, in turn, especially caused by lower prices of crude petroleum and natural gas, and basic metals compared with last years September. The fall in prices was curbed especially by the increase in prices of other chemical products and food products. The basic price index for domestic supply fell by 1.1 per cent and the basic price index for domestic supply including taxes went down by 1.2 per cent from a year ago. From August to September, producer prices for manufactured products went down by 0.4 per cent. The decrease in producer prices was particularly caused by the lower prices of electricity and paper and paper products compared with the previous month. The fall in prices was curbed especially by the increase in prices of refined petroleum products compared with the previous month.