In this August, the ex-factory price of industrial products rose 5.3% over last August, went up 0.1% over July. the purchase price of materials, fuels and power went up 8.1%, went down 0.4% over July.

    Among the ex-factory prices of industrial products, the ex-factory price of means of production went up 7.3% over last August. Specifically speaking, the price of mining and quarrying climbed 28.9%, that of raw materials rose 10.6%, that of processing industry rose 2.1%. The ex-factory price of living materials went down 0.3% over last month, of which, the price of foods went up 0.5%, that of clothes went up 0.7%, that of daily-used articles went up 1.9%, that of durable consumer goods went down 2.9%.

    Analysis by product is as follows:

    The ex-factory price of crude oil went up 36.2% over last August, forcing the ex-factory price of industrial products up by 1.2 percentage points. The ex-factory of gasoline rose 32.8%, that of kerosene went up 22.8%, that of diesel oil went up 26.4%.

    Among the prices of chemical industrial products, the price of polystyrene went down 6.9% over last August, that of cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber went up 17.6%, that of terylene filament went up 4.3%.

    The ex-factory price of coal mining and dressing surged up 23.6% over last August, of which, that of raw coal was up 23.7%.

    The ex-factory price of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals went up 4.3% over last August, of which, that of ordinary large-sized steel product went up 1.5%, that of ordinary medium-sized steel metals went down 0.7%, that of ordinary small-sized steel product ascended 2.1%, that of line-shaped steel product went down 2.8%, that of medium-thick steel board went up 3.3%.

    The smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals went up 14.4% over last August, of which, the ex-factory prices of copper, aluminium, lead, zinc and nickel rose between 7.5% and 18.1%.

    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 16.4%, 7.3%, 14.2% and 6.6%.

    Compared with the same period of last year, the ex-factory price of industrial products in the first eight months went up 5.5%, and the purchase price of materials, fuels and power went up 9.5%.