24.03.202606:13:42UTC+00Finland Producer Prices Rise in February

Producer prices in Finland rose by 3.8% year-on-year in February 2026, accelerating from a 1.9% increase in January. Costs for manufactured products returned to growth, up 0.2% after a 0.5% decline in the previous month. This improvement was driven by higher prices in wearing apparel (1.2% vs 0.4% in January), electrical equipment (2.1% vs 1.6%), and basic metals (6.1% vs 5.3%). At the same time, price declines moderated in textiles (-1.1% vs -2.5%), paper and paper products (-8.7% vs -9.1%), and chemicals and chemical products (-2.7% vs -3.8%).

Producer prices also increased in several other sectors, including mining and quarrying (5.7% vs 3.7%), electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply (41.4% vs 26.9%), and water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation services (10.4% vs 4.3%). On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 1.9% in February, slowing from a 4.3% increase in the previous period.