Chinanews.com, October 15th. According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, in September 2020, the national ex-factory prices for industrial producers fell by 2.1% year-on-year and rose by 0.1% month-on-month; industrial producer purchasing prices fell by 2.3% year-on-year and increased by 0.4% month-on-month. %.
On average from January to September, the ex-factory prices for industrial producers fell by 2.0% over the same period last year, and the purchasing prices for industrial producers fell by 2.6%.
Year-on-year changes in industrial producer prices
Among the ex-factory prices of industrial producers, the prices of means of production fell by 2.8% year-on-year, and the rate of decline narrowed by 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, affecting the overall level of industrial producers' ex-factory prices by about 2.05 percentage points.
Among them, the price of mining and quarrying industry fell by 4.8%, the price of raw material industry fell by 6.2%, and the price of processing industry fell by 1.3%.
The price of means of subsistence changed from a 0.6% increase in the previous month to a decrease of 0.1% year-on-year, affecting the overall level of factory prices for industrial producers to drop by about 0.02 percentage points.
Among them, food prices rose 2.1%, clothing prices fell 1.7%, general daily necessities fell 0.8%, and durable consumer goods prices fell 1.9%.
Among the purchasing prices of industrial producers, the price of fuel and power fell by 9.3%, that of chemical raw materials fell by 7.8%; the prices of agricultural and sideline products rose by 3.9%, the prices of non-ferrous metal materials and wires rose by 2.9%, and the prices of ferrous metal materials by 1.8%. %.
Changes in industrial producer prices month-on-month
Among the ex-factory prices of industrial producers, the prices of means of production rose by 0.2%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, which affected the overall increase in the ex-factory prices of industrial producers by about 0.13 percentage points.
Among them, the price of mining and quarrying industry increased by 0.6%, the price of raw material industry increased by 0.3%, and the price of processing industry increased by 0.1%.
The price of means of subsistence changed from a 0.1% increase last month to a decrease of 0.1%, affecting the overall level of factory prices for industrial producers to drop by about 0.03 percentage points.
Among them, food prices remained flat, clothing prices fell 0.2%, general daily necessities fell 0.1%, and durable consumer goods prices fell 0.3%.
Among the purchasing prices of industrial producers, the prices of ferrous metal materials rose by 1.3%, the prices of non-ferrous metal materials and wires rose by 0.9%, the prices of fuel and power, construction materials and non-metals all rose by 0.5%; the prices of agricultural and sideline products remained flat.