2026.01.2007:13:21UTC+00Georgia Producer Inflation Steady in December

In December 2025, Georgia experienced a 6.1% year-on-year increase in producer prices, maintaining the same rate as the previous month. This rate marks the highest growth in producer prices since February, driven by persistent inflation across all sectors, with manufacturing taking the lead at 4.8%. Within this sector, notable price surges were observed in food products and basic metals. Additionally, costs continued to escalate in the mining and quarrying sector (22.4%, compared to 24.2% in November), especially within the metal ores subcategory. Producer price inflation also rose in the areas of electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply (7.6% compared to 6.2%), as well as in water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation services (1.5% compared to 1.7%). On a month-to-month basis, producer prices increased by 0.3% in December, following a 0.9% rise in the previous period.