Industrial producers' ex-factory prices rose by 4.6% year-on-year in July 2018

In July 2018, the ex-factory price of industrial producers nationwide rose by 4.6% year-on-year and 0.1% quarter-on-quarter. The purchase price of industrial producers rose by 5.2% year-on-year and by 0.1% quarter-on-quarter. From January to July, the ex-factory price of industrial producers rose by 4.0% over the same period last year, and the purchase price of industrial producers rose by 4.5%.

I. Year-on-year changes in the prices of industrial producers

Among the ex-factory prices of industrial producers, the price of production materials rose by 6.0% year-on-year, affecting the total level of ex-factory prices of industrial producers by about 4.50 percentage points. Among them, the price of mining industry rose by 13.4%, the price of raw materials industry rose by 9.0%, and the price of processing industry rose by 4.1%. The price of living materials rose by 0.6% year-on-year, affecting the total level of ex-factory prices of industrial producers by about 0.12 percentage points. Among them, the price of food and clothing rose by 0.7%, the price of general merchandise rose by 1.1%, and the price of durable consumer goods fell by 0.2%.

Among the purchase prices of industrial producers, construction materials and non-metals prices rose by 10.8% year-on-year, fuel power prices rose by 9.9%, ferrous materials prices rose by 7.7%, and non-ferrous materials and wire prices rose by 5.6%; agricultural and sideline products Class prices fell by 0.7%.

Second, the industrial producer price changes

Among the ex-factory prices of industrial producers, the price of production materials rose by 0.1% from the previous month, affecting the total level of ex-factory prices of industrial producers by about 0.05 percentage points. Among them, the price of mining industry rose by 0.6%, the price of raw material industry fell by 0.1%, and the price of processing industry rose by 0.1%. The price of living materials rose by 0.2% month-on-month, affecting the total level of ex-factory prices of industrial producers by about 0.04 percentage points. Among them, the price of food and durable consumer goods rose by 0.2%, the price of clothing rose by 0.4%, and the price of general commodities fell by 0.1%.

Among the purchase prices of industrial producers, the price of fuel power increased by 0.5%, the price of ferrous materials rose by 0.2%, and the price of non-ferrous materials and wires fell by 1.1%.