Chinanews.com, August 24. The National Bureau of Statistics released on its official website on the 24th of August 2020 the changes in the market prices of important means of production in the circulation field. According to the monitoring of the market prices of 50 important means of production in 9 categories in the circulation field, In mid-August 2020, compared with early August, the prices of 27 products increased, 19 products decreased, and 4 products remained unchanged.
Market price changes of important means of production in the circulation field in mid-August 2020
| product name | unit | Current price (yuan) | Increase or decrease over the previous period (yuan) | Quote change(%) |
| 1. Ferrous metals | ||||
| Rebar (Φ16-25mm, HRB400E) | Ton | 3,759.7 | -8.4 | -0.2 |
| Wire (Φ6.5mm, HPB300) | Ton | 3878.3 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
| Ordinary middle plate (20mm, Q235) | Ton | 4007.9 | 11.5 | 0.3 |
| Hot rolled ordinary sheet (3mm, Q235) | Ton | 4065.9 | 16.1 | 0.4 |
| Seamless steel pipe (219*6, 20#) | Ton | 4386.4 | 15.9 | 0.4 |
| Angle steel (5#) | Ton | 3906.9 | -4.6 | -0.1 |
| 2. Non-ferrous metals | ||||
| Electrolytic copper (1#) | Ton | 50941.8 | -242.3 | -0.5 |
| Aluminum ingot (A00) | Ton | 14540.8 | -231.5 | -1.6 |
| Lead ingot (1#) | Ton | 16067.2 | 89.3 | 0.6 |
| Zinc ingot (0#) | Ton | 19736.1 | 541.4 | 2.8 |
| 3. Chemical products | ||||
| Sulfuric acid (98%) | Ton | 105.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Caustic soda (liquid soda, 32%) | Ton | 469.4 | -12.4 | -2.6 |
| Methanol (superior product) | Ton | 1542.0 | 19.6 | 1.3 |
| Pure benzene (petroleum benzene, industrial grade) | Ton | 3412.8 | -60.9 | -1.8 |
| Styrene (first grade) | Ton | 5267.4 | -114.2 | -2.1 |
| Polyethylene (LLDPE, 7042) | Ton | 7304.9 | -45.3 | -0.6 |
| Polypropylene (T30S) | Ton | 8151.4 | -89.7 | -1.1 |
| Polyvinyl chloride (SG5) | Ton | 6,541.3 | -44.5 | -0.7 |
| Butadiene rubber (BR9000) | Ton | 8040.0 | -25.0 | -0.3 |
| Polyester filament (FDY150D/96F) | Ton | 5856.3 | 168.8 | 3.0 |
| 4. Oil and gas | ||||
| Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) | Ton | 2561.8 | 8.8 | 0.3 |
| Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) | Ton | 3,197.5 | 53.6 | 1.7 |
| Gasoline (95# National VI) | Ton | 5,957.4 | 23.8 | 0.4 |
| Gasoline (92# National VI) | Ton | 5706.9 | 19.0 | 0.3 |
| Diesel (0#National VI) | Ton | 5177.6 | -5.3 | -0.1 |
| Paraffin (58#half) | Ton | 5314.2 | 62.5 | 1.2 |
| 5. Coal | ||||
| Anthracite (washed in block) | Ton | 840.0 | 5.0 | 0.6 |
| Ordinary blended coal (4500 kcal) | Ton | 445.0 | 1.7 | 0.4 |
| Shanxi Big Mix (5000 kcal) | Ton | 495.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Shanxi Youmix (5500 kcal) | Ton | 545.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| Datong Blended Coal (5800 kcal) | Ton | 571.9 | -1.4 | -0.2 |
| Coking coal (main coking coal) | Ton | 1270.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Coke (secondary metallurgical coke) | Ton | 1722.6 | 16.8 | 1.0 |
| 6. Non-metallic building materials | ||||
| Ordinary Portland Cement (PO 42.5 bags) | Ton | 430.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Ordinary Portland Cement (PO 42.5 in bulk) | Ton | 404.3 | -0.9 | -0.2 |
| Float flat glass (4.8/5mm) | Ton | 1886.1 | 160.4 | 9.3 |
| Seven, agricultural products (mainly used for processing) | ||||
| Rice (Japonica rice) | Ton | 4024.8 | -0.2 | 0.0 |
| Wheat (National Standard Third Class) | Ton | 2423.2 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
| Corn (yellow corn second class) | Ton | 2301.0 | -54.0 | -2.3 |
| Cotton (lint, white cotton grade 3) | Ton | 12414.4 | 63.1 | 0.5 |
| Live pigs (external ternary) | kilogram | 37.4 | -0.7 | -1.8 |
| Soy (Soybean) | Ton | 4,911.7 | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| Soybean meal (crude protein content ≥43%) | Ton | 2912.1 | -47.1 | -1.6 |
| Peanuts (oiled peanuts) | Ton | 8758.3 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| 8. Agricultural production materials | ||||
| Urea (small particles) | Ton | 1763.4 | 17.6 | 1.0 |
| Compound fertilizer (potassium sulfate compound fertilizer, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content 45%) | Ton | 2,236.9 | -43.1 | -1.8 |
| Pesticides (glyphosate, 95% original medicine) | Ton | 21662.5 | 62.5 | 0.3 |
| Nine, forest products | ||||
| Natural rubber (standard rubber SCRWF) | Ton | 11105.4 | 169.8 | 1.6 |
| Pulp (bleached chemical pulp) | Ton | 3906.4 | 25.1 | 0.6 |
| Corrugated paper (high strength) | Ton | 3,677.4 | -26.1 | -0.7 |
| Note: The previous period was early August 2020. |