2026.07.0206:40:05UTC+00Romania Producer Inflation Hits Over 3-Year High

Romania’s annual producer inflation rose to 12.05% year-on-year in May 2026, up from an upwardly revised 10.34% in April, reaching its highest level since April 2023. Price growth strengthened in the manufacturing sector (8.89% vs 8.29% in April), driven by faster increases in beverages; tobacco; textiles; wearing apparel; chemicals and chemical products; basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations; rubber and plastic products; other non-metallic mineral products; basic metals; motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; and furniture. Costs also accelerated in mining and quarrying (7.79% vs 4.31%) and in electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply (21.33% vs 16.35%), while prices continued to edge higher in water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities (13.74% vs 13.52%). On a monthly basis, producer prices increased 1.41% in May 2026, easing slightly from a 1.70% rise in April.