China News Service, May 14 According to the National Bureau of Statistics website, the National Bureau of Statistics announced on the 14th that the market price changes of important production materials in the circulation field in early May. According to the monitoring of the market prices of 50 important production materials in 9 major categories in the circulation areas of 24 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), the prices of 25 products increased, 23 decreased, and 2 remained flat in early May compared with late April.
2020 Nian 5 early May the circulation of important changes in the market prices
| product name | unit | Current price (yuan) | Price increase / decrease over the previous period (Yuan) | Quote change (%) |
| 1. Ferrous metal | ||||
| Rebar (Φ16-25mm, HRB400E) | Ton | 3587.5 | 36.8 | 1.0 |
| Wire (Φ6.5mm, HPB300) | Ton | 3699.3 | 32.5 | 0.9 |
| Ordinary middle plate (20mm, Q235) | Ton | 3698.1 | 21.6 | 0.6 |
| Hot rolled ordinary sheet (3mm, Q235) | Ton | 3550.8 | 68.6 | 2.0 |
| Seamless steel pipe (219 * 6, 20 #) | Ton | 4295.8 | -54.3 | -1.2 |
| Angle Steel (5 #) | Ton | 3732.5 | 16.6 | 0.4 |
| Second, non-ferrous metals | ||||
| Electrolytic copper (1 #) | Ton | 43191.7 | 856.7 | 2.0 |
| Aluminum Ingot (A00) | Ton | 12970.7 | 407.6 | 3.2 |
| Lead ingot (1 #) | Ton | 14127.5 | 63.7 | 0.5 |
| Zinc ingot (0 #) | Ton | 16881.3 | 683.0 | 4.2 |
| 3. Chemical products | ||||
| Sulfuric acid (98%) | Ton | 116.7 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Caustic soda (liquid alkali, 32%) | Ton | 508.9 | -3.7 | -0.7 |
| Methanol (Superior) | Ton | 1623.5 | 63.1 | 4.0 |
| Pure benzene (petroleum benzene, industrial grade) | Ton | 3420.3 | 338.9 | 11.0 |
| Styrene (first grade) | Ton | 5410.4 | 376.0 | 7.5 |
| Polyethylene (LLDPE, 7042) | Ton | 6698.6 | 273.6 | 4.3 |
| Polypropylene (T30S) | Ton | 8159.8 | 262.0 | 3.3 |
| Polyvinyl chloride (SG5) | Ton | 5674.4 | 280.2 | 5.2 |
| Butadiene rubber (BR9000) | Ton | 7665.0 | -98.1 | -1.3 |
| Polyester filament (FDY150D / 96F) | Ton | 5950.0 | 562.5 | 10.4 |
| 4. Oil and gas | ||||
| Liquefied natural gas (LNG) | Ton | 2993.1 | -64.6 | -2.1 |
| Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) | Ton | 3041.7 | 175.6 | 6.1 |
| Gasoline (95 # Country VI) | Ton | 5282.3 | -94.9 | -1.8 |
| Gasoline (92 # Country VI) | Ton | 5025.1 | -71.4 | -1.4 |
| Diesel (0 # Country VI) | Ton | 5297.7 | -23.2 | -0.4 |
| Paraffin (58 # half) | Ton | 4906.7 | -390.8 | -7.4 |
| 5. Coal | ||||
| Anthracite (washed in block) | Ton | 940.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ordinary blended coal (4500 kcal) | Ton | 416.7 | -3.3 | -0.8 |
| Shanxi Big Mix (5000 kcal) | Ton | 456.7 | -7.1 | -1.5 |
| Shanxi Excellent Blend (5500 Calories) | Ton | 526.7 | -3.3 | -0.6 |
| Datong coal blending (5800 kcal) | Ton | 553.3 | -6.7 | -1.2 |
| Coking coal (main coking coal) | Ton | 1350.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Coke (secondary metallurgical coke) | Ton | 1585.7 | 36.3 | 2.3 |
| 6. Non-metallic building materials | ||||
| Ordinary Portland Cement (PO 42.5 bags) | Ton | 478.5 | -3.6 | -0.7 |
| Ordinary Portland Cement (PO 42.5 in bulk) | Ton | 428.1 | 3.8 | 0.9 |
| Float flat glass (4.8 / 5mm) | Ton | 1338.9 | -1.1 | -0.1 |
| 7. Agricultural products (mainly used for processing) | ||||
| Rice (Japonica rice) | Ton | 4114.3 | 36.8 | 0.9 |
| Wheat (National Standard 3) | Ton | 2453.0 | -5.4 | -0.2 |
| Corn (second class yellow corn) | Ton | 2073.5 | 53.8 | 2.7 |
| Cotton (lint cotton, white cotton grade 3) | Ton | 11592.7 | 14.0 | 0.1 |
| Hog (outer ternary) | kilogram | 31.2 | -1.7 | -5.2 |
| Soybean (soybean) | Ton | 4828.3 | -22.5 | -0.5 |
| Soybean meal (crude protein content ≥43%) | Ton | 2862.2 | -150.3 | -5.0 |
| Peanuts (oil peanuts) | Ton | 9550.0 | -80.2 | -0.8 |
| 8. Agricultural Production Materials | ||||
| Urea (small particles) | Ton | 1731.9 | -38.7 | -2.2 |
| Compound fertilizer (potassium sulfate compound fertilizer, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content 45%) | Ton | 2420.0 | -2.5 | -0.1 |
| Pesticide (glyphosate, 95% original drug) | Ton | 20900.0 | 137.5 | 0.7 |
| 9. Forest Products | ||||
| Natural rubber (standard rubber SCRWF) | Ton | 10011.3 | 321.6 | 3.3 |
| Paper pulp (bleached chemical pulp) | Ton | 4087.3 | -17.5 | -0.4 |
| Corrugated paper (high strength) | Ton | 3195.4 | -21.7 | -0.7 |
| Note: The previous period was in late April 2020. |