Export and Import Price Indices -
1st Quarter 2026
Highlights
(Base Year: 2023 = 100)
Export Price Index (EPI)
1. EPI rose from 105.1 in the fourth quarter of 2025 to 107.5 in the first quarter of 2026, representing an increase of 2.3%, mainly due to increases in the prices of “Food and live animals" (+3.0%) and, “Miscellaneous manufactured articles" (+1.6%).
2. Compared to a figure of 101.7 in the corresponding quarter of 2025, the index increased by 5.7% in the first quarter of 2026, mainly due to increases in the prices of “Food and live animals" (+8.1%) and, “Miscellaneous manufactured articles" (+3.9%).
Import Price Index (IPI)
3. IPI rose by 2.7% from 97.8 in the fourth quarter of 2025 to 100.4 the first quarter of 2026, mainly due to increases in the prices of “Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials" (+7.7%).
4. Compared to a figure of 98.4 in the corresponding quarter of 2025, the index rose by 2.0% in the first quarter of 2026, mainly due to increases in the prices of “Chemicals and related products, n.e.s" (+7.5%), “Machinery and transport equipment" (+2.3%), “Beverages and Tobacco" (+6.7%), “Food and live animals" (+0.9%) and, “Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material" (+2.6%).
Terms of Trade Index
5. The terms of trade index, i.e., the ratio of EPI to IPI, decreased by 0.4 point (-0.4%) from 107.5 in the fourth quarter of 2025 to 107.1 in the first quarter of 2026. Compared to a figure of 103.4 in the corresponding quarter of 2025, the terms of trade index increased by 3.7 points (+3.6%).
23 June 2026
