Netherlands manufacturing output prices up 8.3% on the year in September
Output prices for products manufactured in the Netherlands were 8.3 percent higher in September 2026 than a year earlier, after 6.9 percent in August, the Dutch statistics office said.
AI illustrationOutput prices for products manufactured in the Netherlands were 8.3 percent higher in September 2026 than a year earlier, the Dutch statistics office said. The year-on-year increase in August was 6.9 percent.
Compared with August, output prices rose 1.3 percent in September. Prices on the export markets were up 1.7 percent on the month and prices on the domestic market were up 0.9 percent. The producer price index, with 2021 at 100, stood at 128.9 in September after 127.2 in August.
The statistics office said output prices generally track the price of crude oil. In September 2026 a barrel of crude oil cost nearly 87 euros, a rise of 53 percent year on year. In August 2026 the average price of a barrel of North Sea Brent crude stood at over 76 euros. The office attributed the rise in oil prices since March to the geopolitical situation in the Middle East.
Prices for petroleum derivatives were 75.4 percent higher in September than a year earlier, after a 59.7 percent increase in August. Output prices in the chemical sector also tend to track the price of crude oil, often with a lag, the office said. Output prices for chemical products were 14.9 percent higher year on year in September 2026.
In the other sectors listed by the office, the year-on-year changes in September were 9.1 percent for rubber and plastic, 4.5 percent for metal products, 1.2 percent for machinery and 0.7 percent for electronics. Prices for cars were 0.4 percent lower than a year earlier and prices for food products were 4.1 percent lower.
According to the office's series, the year-on-year change in output prices was 4.3 percent in June 2026 and 5.2 percent in July. In January and February 2026 output prices were below their level of a year earlier, at minus 2.5 percent and minus 2.4 percent, before the change turned positive in March at 1.4 percent.