In the 12 months to September 2023, the Agricultural Output Price Index was down 16.2%, while the Agricultural Input Price Index fell by 12.3% over the same period.
The most significant Output price decreases in the 12 months to September 2023 were in milk (-37.4%), cereals (-31.6%), and cattle (-1.0%), while increases were recorded in potatoes (+38.0%), eggs (+14.2%), vegetables (+13.4%), and pig prices (+9.6%).
Over the 12 months to September 2023, significant Input price decreases were recorded in fertiliser (-45.4%) and feed prices (-8.3%), while electricity prices increased by 23.5%.
The annual terms of trade was down by 4.5% when compared with September 2022.
On a monthly basis, the Agricultural Output Price Index rose by 3.6% when compared with August 2023.
The Agricultural Input Price Index for September 2023 was up by 0.1% in comparison with August 2023.
The monthly terms of trade was up 3.5% in September 2023 when compared with the previous month.
Figure 1 shows both the Agricultural Input Price Index and the Agricultural Output Price Index.
| Agricultural Price Indices - September 2023 | |||
| Output | Input | Terms of Trade | |
| Base year 2015=100 | |||
| September 2022 | 154.9 | 155.8 | 99.4 |
| August 2023 | 125.3 | 136.6 | 91.7 |
| September 2023 | 129.8 | 136.7 | 94.9 |
| Monthly % Change | 3.6% | 0.1% | 3.5% |
| Annual % Change | -16.2% | -12.3% | -4.5% |
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (10 November 2023) released Agricultural Price Indices September 2023.
Commenting on the release Dr Grzegorz Głaczyński, Statistician in the Agriculture Division, said: "Today's release details Agricultural Price Indices for September 2023. On a monthly basis the Agricultural Output Price index was up by 3.6%, while the Agricultural Input Price index grew by 0.1%, when compared with August 2023.
The most noticeable monthly increases in the Output Price sub-indices were in the price of crops which rose by 20.5% and cattle prices by 1.8%, compared with August 2023. For the monthly Input Price sub-indices, a decline of 1.7% was recorded in feed prices, while motor fuel prices went up by 8.8%.
Analysing Output prices in the 12 months since September 2022, growth has been observed in potatoes (+38.0%), eggs (+14.2%), and vegetable prices (+13.4%), while the milk price was down by 37.4%.
Inspecting Input prices over the last 12 months, there has been noteworthy growth in electricity (+23.5%) and plant protection product prices (+7.6%), while an overall decrease was recorded in fertiliser prices (-45.4%) over the same period."