Producer prices in Georgia increased 5.8% year-on-year in August 2026, up from 5.1% in July. The acceleration was driven by faster price growth in mining and quarrying, electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply, and water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation services. Mining and quarrying inflation accelerated to 20.1% from 14.4%, while utility prices rose 2.6% after falling 1.7% in July. Inflation in water and related services reached 6.3%, compared with 5.7% previously. Manufacturing inflation eased to 5.1% from 5.2%. Within manufacturing, price growth slowed for chemicals and chemical products, basic metals and food products, but accelerated sharply for coke and refined petroleum products. On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 0.9% in August after declining 0.7% in July.