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Definition

The Agricultural Input Price Index is the index of the expenditure incurred by farmers in purchasing the means of agricultural production by agricultural producers. This includes the purchase of crop products from other agricultural units for intermediate consumption and excludes the purchase of animals.

Price Coverage

The input prices used are those actually paid by farmers, excluding VAT. Monthly prices are used for most products. However for seasonal products such as seeds and plant protection products, the monthly prices returned during the last selling period remain unchanged until the product can be priced again. Some items such as veterinary fees and products are only priced annually and the annual price is used each month to calculate the monthly indices.

Further details on the sources used to compile the Agricultural Input Price Index can be found here: Agricultural Input Data Sources

	Total Inputs	Energy	Fertilisers	Feeds
Jan 2015	99.614	97.351	100.015	100.435
Feb 2015	99.715	98.759	100.822	99.710
Mar 2015	100.029	102.370	101.242	99.073
Apr 2015	100.378	102.345	101.829	99.678
May 2015	101.100	105.242	102.051	100.684
Jun 2015	100.830	105.022	100.631	100.559
Jul 2015	100.634	103.831	99.619	100.784
Aug 2015	100.224	100.473	98.932	100.785
Sep 2015	99.615	97.967	98.715	99.923
Oct 2015	99.489	96.463	98.715	99.841
Nov 2015	99.313	95.789	98.715	99.496
Dec 2015	99.059	94.388	98.715	99.033
Jan 2016	98.874	89.411	97.559	99.255
Feb 2016	98.348	86.666	96.065	99.016
Mar 2016	98.330	87.530	95.011	99.006
Apr 2016	99.153	89.560	91.575	101.869
May 2016	98.919	91.684	90.687	101.073
Jun 2016	98.456	94.851	85.825	100.745
Jul 2016	96.867	94.119	83.228	100.440
Aug 2016	96.853	90.702	80.230	99.957
Sep 2016	96.897	92.685	79.239	99.882
Oct 2016	96.790	94.542	79.143	99.534
Nov 2016	96.871	94.531	79.173	99.555
Dec 2016	96.989	97.044	78.647	99.251
Jan 2017	97.448	99.504	79.623	99.141
Feb 2017	98.203	99.209	82.252	100.137
Mar 2017	98.280	98.597	84.826	99.455
Apr 2017	98.482	98.622	85.494	99.543
May 2017	97.999	96.737	84.146	99.588
Jun 2017	97.441	95.273	81.512	99.572
Jul 2017	97.009	94.387	79.913	99.571
Aug 2017	97.784	94.796	79.310	101.950
Sept 2017	98.003	96.549	79.663	101.872
Oct 2017	98.356/td>	97.909	81.081	101.832
Nov 2017	98.886	101.034	81.555	101.762
Dec 2017	98.983	101.122	81.999	101.805
Jan 2018	99.619	101.768	84.581	101.619
Feb 2018	100.085	101.822	85.248	102.315

Table 4.1 Agricultural Input Price Index

Table 4.1 Agricultural Input Price Index (excluding VAT)
Base year 2015 = 100
Categories	Year	Months												Annual
Categories	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Total Input Price Index	2015	99.6	99.7	100.0	100.4	101.1	100.8	100.6	100.2	99.6	99.5	99.3	99.1	100.0
	2016	98.9	98.3	98.3	99.2	98.9	98.5	97.9	96.9	96.9	96.8	96.9	97.0	97.9
	2017	97.4	98.2	98.3	98.5	98.0	97.4	97.0	97.8	98.0	98.4	98.9	99.0	98.1
	2018	99.6	100.1

Seeds	2015	101.8	101.8	99.6	99.6	99.6	99.6	99.6	99.6	99.6	99.8	99.8	99.8	100.0
	2016	99.8	99.8	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.1	98.1	98.1	98.5
	2017	98.1	98.1	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.5
	2018	98.6	98.6

Energy	2015	97.4	98.8	102.4	102.3	105.2	105.0	103.8	100.5	98.0	96.5	95.8	94.4	100.0
	2016	89.4	86.7	87.5	89.6	91.7	94.9	94.1	90.7	92.7	94.5	94.5	97.0	91.9
	2017	99.5	99.2	98.6	98.6	96.7	95.3	94.4	94.8	96.5	97.9	101.0	101.1	97.8
	2018	101.8	101.8
of which:
Electricity	2015	101.0	101.0	100.6	100.2	100.2	100.2	100.2	100.2	100.2	99.5	98.3	98.3	100.0
	2016	97.9	97.9	97.9	97.9	97.9	97.9	97.9	94.1	94.1	94.6	94.6	94.6	96.5
	2017	94.6	94.6	94.6	94.6	94.6	94.6	94.6	94.6	94.6	96.9	98.8	99.2	95.5
	2018	99.2	101.1

Motor Fuel	2015	96.1	98.0	103.0	103.1	107.1	106.8	105.2	100.6	97.2	95.3	94.8	92.8	100.0
	2016	86.2	82.4	83.6	86.4	89.2	93.6	92.6	89.1	91.9	94.2	94.2	97.6	90.1
	2017	100.9	100.5	99.7	99.7	97.1	95.1	93.8	94.4	96.8	97.9	101.6	101.6	98.3
	2018	102.5	101.9

Lubricants	2015	99.5	99.7	99.8	100.0	100.2	100.2	99.9	100.1	100.1	100.2	100.1	100.2	100.0
	2016	100.4	100.6	100.6	100.6	101.0	101.4	101.0	101.0	100.4	100.6	100.6	100.8	100.8
	2017	102.2	102.3	102.5	103.5	104.2	104.0	104.3	104.3	104.4	104.4	104.7	104.7	103.8
	2018	104.7	104.7

Fertilisers	2015	100.0	100.8	101.2	101.8	102.1	100.6	99.6	98.9	98.7	98.7	98.7	98.7	100.0
	2016	97.6	96.1	95.0	91.6	90.7	85.8	83.2	80.2	79.2	79.1	79.2	78.6	86.4
	2017	79.6	82.3	84.8	85.5	84.1	81.5	79.9	79.3	79.7	81.1	81.6	82.0	81.8
	2018	84.6	85.2
of which:
Straight Fertilisers	2015	100.3	101.7	102.3	103.0	103.3	101.1	99.4	98.1	97.7	97.7	97.7	97.7	100.0
	2016	95.9	94.0	92.5	88.7	87.9	81.9	78.5	75.0	73.8	73.5	73.5	72.9	82.3
	2017	74.6	79.1	82.6	83.3	81.5	77.5	75.6	74.8	75.0	76.7	77.3	78.1	78.0
	2018	81.9	82.8

Compound Fertlisers	2015	99.8	100.3	100.7	101.3	101.5	100.4	99.7	99.4	99.2	99.2	99.2	99.2	100.0
	2016	98.4	97.0	96.2	92.6	91.6	87.0	84.7	81.7	80.8	80.8	80.8	80.4	87.7
	2017	80.8	82.5	84.6	85.3	84.1	82.1	80.5	80.0	80.5	81.8	82.3	82.6	82.2
	2018	84.6	85.2
of which:
PK Fertilisers	2015	100.3	99.7	99.9	99.8	100.4	100.2	99.9	99.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	2016	100.9	99.8	98.3	97.0	96.1	94.7	92.7	93.2	91.2	91.0	91.0	90.0	94.7
	2017	88.6	86.9	87.8	87.7	87.1	86.8	87.8	88.0	87.8	88.1	88.0	88.0	87.7
	2018	87.9	88.1

NPK Fertilisers	2015	99.8	100.3	100.7	101.4	101.5	100.4	99.7	99.3	99.2	99.2	99.2	99.2	100.0
	2016	98.2	96.9	96.1	92.5	91.5	86.8	84.4	81.3	80.4	80.4	80.5	80.0	87.4
	2017	80.5	82.4	84.5	85.3	84.1	82.0	80.4	79.8	80.3	81.7	82.2	82.5	82.1
	2018	84.5	85.1

Other Fertilisers	2015	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	2016	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	2017	101.4	101.4	102.9	102.9	102.9	102.9	102.9	102.9	102.9	102.9	102.9	102.9	102.6
	2018	102.9	102.9

Plant Protection Products	2015	100.1	100.1	100.1	100.8	100.0	100.0	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	100.0
	2016	99.8	99.8	101.1	102.9	102.8	103.1	103.0	103.0	103.0	103.0	103.0	103.0	102.3
	2017	103.0	103.0	103.2	103.2	102.9	103.2	103.1	103.1	103.1	103.1	103.1	103.1	103.1
	2018	103.1	103.1

Veterinary Expenses	2015	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	2016	101.9	101.9	101.9	101.9	101.9	101.9	101.9	101.9	101.9	101.9	101.9	101.9	101.9
	2017	102.1	102.1	102.1	102.1	102.1	102.1	102.1	102.1	102.1	102.1	102.1	102.1	102.1
	2018	105.3	105.3

Feeding Stuffs	2015	100.4	99.7	99.1	99.7	100.7	100.6	100.8	100.8	99.9	99.8	99.5	99.0	100.0
	2016	99.3	99.0	99.0	101.9	101.1	100.7	100.4	100.0	99.9	99.5	99.6	99.3	100.0
	2017	99.1	100.1	99.5	99.5	99.6	99.6	99.6	102.0	101.9	101.8	101.8	101.8	100.5
	2018	101.6	102.3
of which:
Straight Feeding Stuffs	2015	101.4	100.3	100.2	100.9	101.0	100.2	101.0	101.0	98.6	99.8	98.3	97.2	100.0
	2016	96.5	95.9	95.0	96.2	98.0	98.9	98.4	98.3	97.3	96.3	96.6	97.1	97.0
	2017	97.6	98.6	99.7	99.4	99.3	99.1	99.1	102.2	101.9	101.5	103.5	103.7	100.5
	2018	104.0	104.4

Compound Feeding Stuffs	2015	100.4	99.7	99.0	99.6	100.7	100.6	100.8	100.8	100.0	99.8	99.6	99.1	100.0
	2016	99.4	99.2	99.2	102.2	101.2	100.8	100.5	100.0	100.0	99.7	99.7	99.4	100.1
	2017	99.2	100.2	99.4	99.6	99.6	99.6	99.6	101.9	101.9	101.8	101.7	101.7	100.5
	2018	101.5	102.2
of which:
Compound Feeding Stuffs	2015	99.7	98.6	99.5	100.6	100.0	99.7	100.8	100.8	100.2	99.7	100.3	100.1	100.0
for Calves	2016	101.0	100.2	100.6	104.8	103.6	103.6	102.0	100.7	100.5	101.3	101.3	100.7	101.7
	2017	100.2	100.5	99.1	99.3	99.4	99.5	99.5	100.2	100.1	100.2	100.3	100.5	99.9
	2018	100.8	101.4

Compound Feeding Stuffs	2015	98.8	98.9	100.1	100.2	100.2	100.4	100.8	100.8	100.3	100.0	99.9	99.6	100.0
for Cattle excluding Calves	2016	99.8	100.0	100.0	101.6	100.7	100.3	100.8	100.0	100.0	99.4	99.4	98.9	100.1
	2017	98.6	99.0	99.0	99.2	99.2	99.1	99.1	99.4	99.3	99.3	99.5	99.5	99.2
	2018	99.4	100.4

Compound Feeding Stuffs	2015	106.7	107.3	100.0	96.5	100.0	99.6	101.0	101.0	97.1	97.1	96.9	96.6	100.0
for Pigs	2016	97.2	95.6	95.8	100.5	99.2	99.2	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8	97.3
	2017	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8	96.8	106.2	106.2	106.2	106.2	106.2	100.7
	2018	106.2	106.2

Compound Feeding Stuffs	2015	98.9	94.5	94.5	100.3	102.7	102.7	100.8	100.8	102.0	102.0	100.8	99.9	100.0
for Poultry	2016	99.9	99.9	99.9	104.5	104.1	102.9	102.7	102.7	102.7	102.7	102.7	102.7	102.3
	2017	102.7	106.7	103.2	103.2	103.2	103.2	103.2	105.1	105.1	105.1	103.0	103.0	103.9
	2018	102.4	103.3

Other Compound Feed Stuffs	2015	98.9	98.4	99.8	101.3	101.2	99.6	99.2	99.2	100.3	101.0	100.6	100.5	100.0
	2016	100.4	100.1	99.9	103.5	102.0	102.1	102.6	102.5	101.9	101.1	101.1	100.8	101.5
	2017	100.7	101.5	101.0	101.2	101.2	102.3	102.3	101.5	101.4	101.5	103.1	103.1	101.7
	2018	102.3	102.2

Maintenance of Materials	2015	99.8	99.9	100.1	100.1	99.9	100.1	100.1	99.9	99.9	99.9	100.1	100.2	100.0
and Buildings	2016	100.9	101.1	101.1	101.0	100.5	100.5	100.4	100.5	100.4	100.4	100.8	100.8	100.7
	2017	100.9	100.9	101.0	101.0	101.0	101.1	101.1	100.7	100.8	100.9	102.0	102.1	101.1
	2018	102.6	103.5

Other Goods and Services	2015	98.1	98.6	99.3	99.5	99.8	99.7	99.8	100.6	100.7	101.2	101.1	101.6	100.0
	2016	103.4	104.0	104.4	104.7	104.8	105.0	105.0	104.9	104.9	103.7	103.9	104.0	104.4
	2017	104.3	104.6	104.4	104.9	104.3	104.3	103.6	103.6	103.5	103.5	103.4	103.4	104.0
	2018	102.9	102.9

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