France agricultural input prices index: maintenance & repair
France agricultural input prices index: maintenance & repair stood at 129.2 in Aug 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Agricultural prices table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 2005 to Aug 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Agricultural prices table
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | |
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| Input prices (IPAMPA) | |||||||||||
| Maintenance and repair | 129.2 | 128.9 | 128.5 | 128.3 | 128.7 | 128.6 | 128.2 | 127.8 | 127.4 | 127.3 | |
| Maintenance and repair of vehicles | 129.9 | 129.6 | 129.2 | 129 | 129.4 | 129.5 | 129.1 | 128.7 | 128.4 | 128.2 |
Understanding france agricultural input prices index: maintenance & repair
Reflecting market price movements for labor, replacement parts, and professional servicing required to upkeep agricultural machinery, vehicles, and fixed installations, this series measures ongoing maintenance expenditures. It includes garage services, mechanical replacement parts, and technical repair contracts, but excludes the initial purchase price of new machinery, structural building construction, and routine cleaning supplies. This isolates the ongoing operational upkeep cost needed to keep existing farm capital equipment functioning.
Repair and maintenance outlays display moderate seasonal variation tied to pre-harvest equipment overhauls and winter machinery servicing intervals. Preliminary monthly estimates are regularly adjusted as service provider invoices and parts distributor surveys are finalized. Analysts should assess twelve-month percentage changes to filter out routine servicing seasonality. A frequent analytical pitfall is comparing maintenance inflation directly against consumer price indices, because agricultural machinery repair relies on specialized heavy-duty replacement parts and mechanical labor rates that diverge significantly from general retail inflation.
Frequently asked questions
- What services and items are included in maintenance and repair?
- The indicator tracks mechanical replacement parts, workshop servicing, and professional repairs for farm machinery and equipment.
- Does this index measure the cost of buying new tractors?
- No, the acquisition cost of new capital machinery is tracked under a separate asset purchase category.
- Why should users focus on annual comparisons for repair costs?
- Annual evaluation smooths out scheduled pre-harvest maintenance surges and winter workshop overhaul periods.