Food Prices went up by 14.4 percent year-on-year, contributing nearly 4.26 percentage points to the overall growth. Of which, the prices of grain rose by 12.4 percent, meaning 0.34 percentage point growth in the overall price level; meat, poultry and related products, up 32.3 percent, contributing 1.94 percentage points (price of pork was up by 57.1 percent, contributing 1.37 percentage points); fresh eggs, up 23.3 percent, contributing 0.16 percentage point; aquatic products, up 13.9 percent, contributing 0.32 percentage point; fresh vegetables, up 7.3 percent, contributing 0.18 percentage point; and fresh fruits, up 9.8 percent, contributing 0.19 percentage point.
Prices for tobacco and liquor went up by 2.7 percent year-on-year, of which, that for tobacco was up by 0.3 percent and liquor 6.6 percent.
Prices for clothing rose by 2.1 percent year-on-year. The clothes prices went up by 2.3 percent while the shoes prices increased by 0.5 percent.
Prices for household facilities, articles and maintenance services went up by 2.5 percent year-on-year, of which, prices for durable consumer goods was up by 0.5 percent, and household services and processing, maintenance services, up by 11.4 percent.
Prices for health care and personal articles grew by 3.4 percent year-on-year. Of which, prices for western medicine went down by 0.5 percent; Chinese medicinal materials and patent medicine, up 12.4 percent; and health care services, up 0.6 percent.
Prices for transportation and communication rose by 0.9 percent year-on-year. Of which, prices for vehicles dropped by 1.0 percent; fuels and parts for vehicles, up 14.7 percent; vehicles use and maintenance, up 4.2 percent; transportation fares between cities, up 2.9 percent; public transport fares in cities, up 2.6 percent; and communication, down by 12.9 percent.
Prices for recreation, education, culture articles and services grew by 0.6 percent year-on-year. Of which, education went up by 1.6 percent; recreation and culture, up 1.9 percent; travelling, up 4.6 percent; and durable goods and services for recreation and culture, down by 6.4 percent.
Prices for housing went up by 6.2 percent year-on-year. Of which, prices for water, electricity and fuel rose by 4.1 percent; houses building and decorating materials, up 5.4 percent; and housing rental prices, up 5.9 percent.
According to estimation, in the 6.4 percent growth in June, the carryover effect of last year’s prices rising accounted for 3.7 percentage points, while new prices rising factors in this year accounted for 2.7 percentage points.
2. Month-on-Month Changes of Prices of Different Categories
In June, food prices rose by 0.9 percent month-on-month, contributing 0.28 percentage point to the month-on-month growth of consumer prices (In May, the month-on-month change of food prices was down by 0.3 percent, contributing 0.08 percentage point decline to the overall prices). Of which, prices for meat, poultry and related products grew by 6.3 percent, or 4.7 percentage points higher than that in May; pork, up 11.4 percent, or 8.8 percentage points higher; aquatic products, up 2.0 percent, or 1.5 percentage points higher; and fresh eggs, up 4.6 percent, or 0.5 percentage points lower. Prices growth of the above mentioned three items triggered 0.52 percentage point growth of the overall prices, in particular, that for pork resulted in 0.36 percentage point growth month-on-month.
In June, prices for fresh vegetables and fruits continued to drop month-on-month, the rate is 0.8 percent and 13.5 percent respectively. They caused 0.33 percentage point decline of the overall prices, which maintained the same as in May.
Non-food Prices showed no change of growth in June, which eased the rising of Consumer Prices (it grew by 0.2 percent month-on-month in May, causing 0.16 percentage point growth of the overall price level). Of this total, prices for tobacco and liquor, household facilities, articles and maintenance services and health care and personal articles rose by 0.2 percent, 0.2 percent and 0.3 percent respectively, while prices for clothing, transportation and communication and housing went down by 0.2 percent, 0.1 percent and 0.1 percent.
