Cape Verde’s National Statistics Institute (INE) announced on Tuesday, 20 October, that import prices in the archipelago rose 25.7% in September compared with the same month a year earlier.

According to data from the External Trade Price Index cited by Lusa, “in year-on-year terms, compared with September 2025, prices of imported goods increased by 25.7%”.

The sharpest increase was recorded in fuels, which became 56% more expensive, followed by processed agricultural inputs, whose import prices rose 32%, and engines for transport equipment, which posted a year-on-year increase of 24%.

Prices of primary and processed food products remained broadly unchanged relative to September 2025.

Import price indices for Cape Verde had eased until February, at which point the trend reversed and prices began to climb.

The INE data is sourced through the General Directorate of Customs.