In this July, the ex-factory price of industrial products rose 5.2% over last May, Keeping the same level with June, The purchase price of materials, fuels and power went up 8.5%, went down 0.5% over June.

    Among the ex-factory prices of industrial products, the ex-factory price of means of production went up 7.1% over last May, driving the ex-factory price of industrial products to rise by about 5.2 percentage points. Specifically speaking, the price of mining and quarrying climbed 26.5%, that of raw materials rose 10%, that of processing industry rose 2.5%. The ex-factory price of living materials went down 0.2% over last month, of which, the price of foods and clothes went up 0.6%, that of daily-used articles went up 2.3%, that of durable consumer goods went down 2.9%.

    Analysis by product is as follows:

    The ex-factory price of crude oil went up 31.4% over last May, forcing the ex-factory price of industrial products up by 1.1 percentage points. The ex-factory of gasoline rose 22.5%, that of kerosene went up 18.3%, that of diesel oil went up 20.1%.

    Among the prices of chemical industrial products, the price of polystyrene rose 5.5% over last May, that of cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber went up 19.6%, that of terylene filament went up 5.6%.

    The ex-factory price of coal mining and dressing surged up 24.3% over last May, of which, that of raw coal was up 24.4%.

    The ex-factory price of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals went up 6.4% over last May, of which, that of ordinary large-sized steel product went up 3.7%, that of ordinary medium-sized steel metals rose 2.4%, that of ordinary small-sized steel product ascended 4.1%, that of line-shaped steel product rose 1.9%, that of medium-thick steel board went up 8.1%.

    The smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals went up 11.9% over last May, of which, the ex-factory prices of copper, aluminium, lead, zinc and nickel rose between 7.9% and 18.8%.

    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 15.6%, 8.7%, 14.5% and 8.4%.

    Compared with the same period of last year, the ex-factory price of industrial products in the first seven months went up 5.6%, and the purchase price of materials, fuels and power went up 9.7%.