German import prices declined at the fastest pace in more than six years in April on falling energy prices, Destatis said Monday.
Import prices decreased 6.6 percent year-on-year in April after falling 5.9 percent in March. Economists had forecast a 6.2 percent decline for April.
This was the biggest fall since October 2009, when prices slid 8.1 percent. Prices have been falling since January 2013.
Excluding crude and mineral oil products, import prices decreased 4 percent from same period of last year. Import prices of energy plunged 30.8 percent.
On a monthly basis, import prices edged down 0.1 percent, confounding expectations for a 0.3 percent rise and March's 0.7 percent rise.
At the same time, export prices fell 2 percent annually in April, following a 1.6 percent decrease in March. Month-on-month, the export price index fell 0.1 percent.
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