In April 2022, the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 2.1 percent year-on-year. Among them, the urban rose by 2.2 percent and the rural rose by 2.0 percent; food prices rose by 1.9 percent and non-food prices rose by 2.2 percent; consumer goods prices rose by 3.0 percent and service prices rose by 0.8 percent. From January to April, on average, the national consumer price rose by 1.4 percent over the same period last year.
In April, the national consumer price rose by 0.4 percent month on month. Among them, 0.4 percent in urban areas and 0.3 percent in rural areas; food prices rose by 0.9 percent, and non-food prices rose by 0.2 percent; and consumer goods prices rose by 0.5 percent and service prices rose by 0.1 percent.
I. Year-on-Year Changes of Prices of Different Categories
In April, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol increased by 1.9 percent year-on-year, affecting the CPI to rise by about 0.54 percentage point. Among foodstuff, the price of fresh vegetables increased by 24.0 percent, affecting the increase of CPI by about 0.48 percentage point; the price of fresh fruit increased by 14.1 percent, affecting the increase of CPI by about 0.27 percentage point; egg prices rose by 12.1 percent, affecting CPI up by about 0.07 percentage point; grain prices rose by 2.7 percent, affecting the CPI rise up by about 0.05 percentage point; the price of aquatic products rose by 2.4 percent, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.05 percentage point; the price of livestock meat decreased by 19.6 percent, which affected the decline of CPI by about 0.74 percentage point, of which the price of pork decreased by 33.3 percent, which affected the decline of CPI by about 0.59 percentage point.
The prices of the other seven categories rose year-on-year. Among them, the prices of transportation and communication, education, culture and entertainment, other supplies and services increased by 6.5, 2.0 and 1.7 percent respectively, the prices of residential and daily necessities and services both increased by 1.2 percent, and the prices of medical care and clothing increased by 0.7 and 0.5 percent respectively.
II. Month-on-Month Changes of Prices of Different Categories
In April, the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol increased by 0.7 percent month on month, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.19 percentage point. Among foodstuff, the price of eggs rose by 6.3 percent, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.04 percentage point; fresh fruit prices rose by 5.2 percent, affecting CPI up by about 0.11 percentage point; the price of aquatic products rose by 1.2 percent, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.02 percentage point; grain prices rose by 0.7 percent, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.01 percentage point; the price of livestock meat rose by 0.4 percent, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.01 percentage point, of which the price of pork rose by 1.5 percent, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.02 percentage point; the price of fresh vegetables decreased by 3.5 percent, affecting the decline of CPI by about 0.09 percentage point.
The prices of the other seven categories rose by four, leveled by one and fell by two. Among them, the prices of transportation and communication, daily necessities and services increased by 1.1 and 0.6 percent respectively, and the prices of education, culture and entertainment and medical care increased by 0.1 percent; the prices of other supplies and services were flat; and clothing and housing prices fell by 0.2 and 0.1 percent respectively.