South Korea Import Prices YoY

South Korea’s import prices rose 0.6% year-on-year in September 2025, following a 2.2% decline in August and ending a five-month streak of falling import costs. Prices for intermediate goods increased 0.9%, reversing a 1.9% drop in August, while consumer goods prices jumped 4.6% from 2.8%, and capital goods rose 3.3%, up from 2.6%. In contrast, raw material prices continued to decline, falling 2.8%, though the drop was smaller than August’s 6.6% decrease. On a monthly basis, import prices edged up 0.2%, slightly below the 0.3% gain recorded in the previous month.