Producer Price Index for clothing up while polyester down, says NBS

12 Sep '05

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-- In view of prices for steel products, the prices for smelting and pressing of ferrous metals went up by 4.3% as compared with that in the same month of last year. Of which, prices for ordinary large rolled-steel rose by 1.5%, that of medium rolled-steels dropped by 0.7%, that of small rolled-steels rose by 2.1%, that of wire rod dropped by 2.8%, and heavy steel plate rose by 3.3%.

-- In view of prices for nonferrous metals products, the producers' prices for smelting and pressing nonferrous metals increased by 14.4% as compared with same month of last year. Of which, producers' prices for copper, aluminum, lead, zinc and nickel rose by 7.5%--18.1%.

Wherein the purchasing prices for raw materials, fuels and power products, that of the prices for fuel and power, ferrous and non-ferrous metals materials, and chemical material rose by 16.4%, 7.3%, 14.2% and 6.6% respectively.

As compared with the same period of last year, the producers' prices for manufactured goods was up by 5.5 % from January to August, purchasing prices for raw materials, fuels, and power rose by 9.5%.

National Bureau Of Statistics, China

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