BERLIN German import prices recorded in August the largest year-on-year decline since November 1986, the statistics office said on Friday.

Import prices decreased by 16.4% year on year in August, in line with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll.

The large decline is primarily due to a base effect originating from the large price increases in 2022 as a result of the war in Ukraine, the statistics office said.

Since the German economy sources many intermediate products and raw materials from abroad, falling import prices have a delayed impact on general inflation.

(Reporting by Maria Martinez and Amir Orusov, Editing by Rachel More and Miranda Murray)