German producer price index for industrial products fell by 0.9% in March 2014 compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year.

While prices of consumer non-durable goods increased by 1.3% compared with March 2013, prices of intermediate goods decreased by 1.9% and energy by 2.6%. In February 2014, the annual rate of change of the overall index had been -0.9% as well.

The overall index disregarding energy fell by 0.3% compared with March 2013.

Compared with the preceding month, the index fell by 0.3% in March 2014 (-0.1% in January 2014 and unchanged in February 2014).