China News Service, April 9th. According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, in March 2021, the national ex-factory price of industrial producers increased by 4.4% year-on-year and 1.6% month-on-month; the purchase price of industrial producers rose 5.2% year-on-year and 1.8% month-on-month. %.
On average from January to March, the ex-factory prices for industrial producers rose by 2.1% over the same period last year, and the purchasing prices for industrial producers rose by 2.8%.
Year-on-year changes in industrial producer prices
Among the ex-factory prices of industrial producers, the prices of means of production rose by 5.8%, an increase of 3.5 percentage points from the previous month, affecting the overall increase in the ex-factory prices of industrial producers by about 4.32 percentage points.
Among them, the price of mining and quarrying industry increased by 12.3%, the price of raw material industry increased by 10.1%, and the price of processing industry increased by 3.4%.
The price of means of subsistence changed from a 0.2% drop last month to an increase of 0.1%, which affected the overall increase in the ex-factory price of industrial producers by about 0.04%.
Among them, the price of food rose by 2.0%, the price of clothing fell by 0.8%, the price of general daily necessities remained flat, and the price of durable consumer goods fell by 1.4%.
Among the purchasing prices of industrial producers, the price of non-ferrous metal materials and wires rose by 17.3%, the price of ferrous metal materials rose by 15.6%, the price of chemical raw materials rose by 7.1%, and the price of fuel and power rose by 2.7%.
Changes in industrial producer prices month-on-month
Among the ex-factory prices of industrial producers, the prices of means of production rose by 2.0%, an increase of 0.9 percentage points from the previous month, affecting the overall increase in the ex-factory prices of industrial producers by about 1.52 percentage points.
Among them, the price of mining and quarrying industry rose by 1.0%, the price of raw material industry rose by 3.9%, and the price of processing industry rose by 1.3%.
The price of means of subsistence rose by 0.2%, affecting the overall increase in the ex-factory prices of industrial producers by about 0.05 percentage points.
Among them, food prices rose by 0.2%, clothing and durable consumer goods prices rose by 0.3%, and the prices of general daily necessities remained flat.
Among the purchasing prices of industrial producers, the prices of chemical raw materials rose 4.8%, the prices of non-ferrous metal materials and wires rose 3.8%, the prices of ferrous metal materials rose 3.0%, and the prices of fuel and power rose 1.4%.