The year-on-year change of producer prices for means of production increased 8.4%. Of the total, producer prices for mining and quarrying industry increased 18.1%; that of raw materials industry and machining industry correspondingly up by 12.1% and 5.8%. Producer prices for means of consumer goods grew 4.8%. Of which, producer prices for foodstuff increased 8.6%; that of clothing and commodities rose 4.5% and 4.5%, while that of durable consumer goods dropped 0.5%.
The month-on-month purchaser price indexes for non-ferrous-metals increased 1.3%, that of fuel and power decreased 0.5%, that of ferrous metals remained the same level while that of chemical raw material declined 0.1%.
The year-on-year purchaser price indexes for non-ferrous-metals increased 18.9%, that of fuel and power, ferrous metals and chemical raw material respectively rose 12.6%, 10.2% and 13.3%.