Producer price inflation in South Africa rose by 7.5% in June 2026, easing from an over three-year high of 7.8% in the previous month. The slowdown was driven largely by decreases recorded in food, beverages, and tobacco (1.3% vs 2.1% in May), paper and printed products (8.5% vs 8.7%), electrical machinery, and communications and metering equipment (6.2% vs 6.9%), transport equipment (0.6% vs 0.7%), and furniture (4.6% vs 8.2%). On the other hand, costs increased for textiles, clothing, and footwear (6.9% vs 5.2%), non-metallic mineral products (11.5% vs 10.5%), and metals, machinery, equipment, and computing equipment (3.2% vs 2.9%), while inflation remained steady for coke, petroleum, chemical, rubber, and plastic products (at 22.0%). On a monthly basis, producer costs fell by 0.1%, following a 2.6% growth in the preceding period.