2024年5月，德国进口价格同比下降0.4%，较4月的1.7%有所回落，几乎与市场预期的0.3%一致。这是进口价格连续第15个时期下跌，但也是当前序列中跌幅最小的一个。中间产品（-2.6%）的下降，特别是淀粉和淀粉产品（-30.7%）、生铁、钢铁和铁合金（-10.1%）以及纸张和纸板（-8.1%）的下降被能源价格的疲软下跌（-0.1%）所限制。在能源领域，天然气（-10.8%）、电力（-18.2%）和硬煤（-12.6%）的成本下降，几乎被原油（11%）和矿物油产品（7.3%）的增长所抵消。与此同时，农产品（5.8%）、消费品（1.3%）和资本品（0.2%）的成本上升。不包括能源价格，进口成本也比去年同月下降0.4%。月度进口价格在之前上涨0.7%后保持稳定。

German import prices fell 0.4% year-on-year in May 2024, easing from a 1.7% drop in April, and were almost in line with market estimates of a 0.3% drop. It was the 15th consecutive period of falling import prices but the smallest decrease in the current sequence. The decline in intermediate goods (-2.6%), particularly starch and starch products (-30.7%), pig iron, steel and ferroalloys (-10.1%), and paper and cardboard (-8.1%), was capped by a softer fall in energy prices (-0.1%). Within energy, costs dropped for natural gas (-10.8%), electricity (-18.2%), and hard coal (-12.6%), nearly offset by increases in crude oil (11%) and mineral oil products (7.3%). Meanwhile, costs rose for agricultural products (5.8%), consumer goods (1.3%), and capital goods (0.2%). Excluding energy prices, import costs were also 0.4% lower than in the same month last year. Monthly, import prices were stable after a previous 0.7% rise.