Press Release: Industrial Price Index. 2021 Baseline. April 2026. Provisional data.

Main results

The annual variation of the Industrial Price Index increased by 5.2 points in April to 8.3%.
The monthly rate of industrial prices was 1.7%.

More information

Tables annex (includes information from the Autonomous Communities)
Detailed monthly results
Annual averages

The annual rate of the general Industrial Price Index (IPRI) was 8.3% in April, 5.2 points higher than that April.

By economic use of the goods, all industrial sectors had a positive effect on the annual rate of the general IPRI. Among these, worth noting were:

Energy, with an annual variation of 22.3%, 15.2 points above that of March. This behaviour was due to increase in the prices in Oil refining, as opposed to the decline in April 2025, and by the prices in Electric power generation, transmission and distribution falling less than that of the same month last year.
Intermediate goods, whose rate rose 3.0 points to 3.8% due to higher prices in the Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms, which had fallen in previous April.

The annual variation rate of the general index excluding energy increased 1.4 points to 2.6%, standing 5.7 points below that of the general IPRI.

Annual evolution of the IPRI

General index and general index without Energy. Percentage

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Monthly evolution of industrial prices

In April, the monthly variation rate of the overall IPRI was 1.7%.

A more detailed analysis shows the activities that most affected the monthly rate of the IPRI in April.

Activities with the greatest positive impact on the monthly rate of the IPRI. April 2026

Activities with the greatest negative impact on the monthly rate of the IPRI. April 2026

Results by Autonomous Communities. Annual variation rates

The IPRI recorded positive annual rates in all the autonomous communities in April.

The highest rates were in Andalucía (21.8%), Region de Murcia (15.6%) and País Vasco (13.3%).

In contrast, Aragón (1.3%), Comunidad Foral de Navarra (1.5%) and Extremadura (1.8%), registered the lowest increases.

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Percentage

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Data revisions and updates

The INE has today updated the IPRI data for the last three months, making the January 2026 data final. All the results of this operation are available at INEBase.

In accordance with the Commission's Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137, the INE has begun to work on incorporating the new National Classification of Economic Activities CNAE-2025 in all its statistical operations.

In the case of the IPRI, the first publication of results with CNAE-2025 will take place in February 2028.

Methodological note

The Industrial Price Index (IPRI) is a short-term indicator that measures the monthly evolution of the prices of industrial products manufactured and sold in the domestic market, in the first step of their commercialization, that is, the sales prices at the exit of factory, excluding transportation and marketing costs and VAT invoiced.

Type of survey:: continuous monthly survey.
Base year:: 2021.
Reference period of the weightings:: the year preceding the current year.
Population scope:: industrial establishments.
Sample size:: 9,200 industrial establishments and 1,400 items
Number of observations:: approximately 29,000 monthly prices.
General calculation method:: Laspeyres’ Chain Index.
Collection method:: internet (IRIA system), e-mail, fax, telephone or postal mail.

For more information, you can access the methodology and the standardised methodological report.

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