Latest development of energy output prices and consumer energy prices driven by oil prices - Issue number 54/2009 - Products Statistics in Focus

This publication looks at a variety of price indices related to energy activities and energy products. These indices range from the output prices of primary activities covering the removal of raw materials from the ground (extraction, mining and quarrying of energy producing products), through various intermediate stages, to their final purchase by consumers (for example, gas and electricity for domestic use). The publication shows how prices have developed over the last four years, at different stages of this chain which links extraction to consumption. It should be noted that the EU is heavily reliant on imports of energy products, hence the interest in import prices, and that prices of energy products are, to a large degree, determined by global markets.