In this September, the ex-factory price of industrial products rose 4.5% over last September, went down 0.8 over August, The purchase price of materials, fuels and power went up 7.1%, went down 1% over August.

    Among the ex-factory prices of industrial products, the ex-factory price of means of production went up 6.2% over last September. Specifically speaking, the price of mining and quarrying climbed 26.4%, that of raw materials rose 9.1%, that of processing industry rose 1.5%. The ex-factory price of living materials went down 0.4% over last month, of which, the price of foods went up 0.2%, that of clothes went up 1%, that of daily-used articles went up 1.7%, that of durable consumer goods went down 2.8%.

    Analysis by product is as follows: The ex-factory price of crude oil went up 33.2% over last September, forcing the ex-factory price of industrial products up by 1.1 percentage points. The ex-factory of gasoline rose 27%, that of kerosene went up 21.4%, that of diesel oil went up 22.3%.

    Among the prices of chemical industrial products, the price of polystyrene went down 12.4% over last September, that of cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber went up 17.5%, that of terylene filament went up 0.3%.

    The ex-factory price of coal mining and dressing surged up 21.7% over last May, of which, that of raw coal was up 21.8%.

    The ex-factory price of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals went up 2.6% over last September, of which, that of ordinary large-sized steel product kept the same level, that of ordinary medium-sized steel metals went down 4.2%, that of ordinary small-sized steel product ascended 0.4%, that of line-shaped steel product went down 3.9%, that of medium-thick steel board went up 0.3%.

    The smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals went up 12.2% over last September, of which, the ex-factory prices of copper, aluminium, lead, zinc and nickel rose between 5.5% and 20%.

    Besides, among the purchase prices of materials and fuels for power, that of fuels for power, ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals and chemical industrial materials rose 15.8%, 4.9%, 13.5% and 4.9%.

    Compared with the same period of last year, the ex-factory price of industrial products in the first nine months went up 5.4%, and the purchase price of materials, fuels and power went up 9.2%.