In this May, the ex-factory price of industrial products rose 5.9% over last May, the purchase price of materials, fuels and power went up 9.9%, keeping the same level with last month.

    Among the ex-factory prices of industrial products, the ex-factory price of means of production went up 8.2% over last May, driving the ex-factory price of industrial products to rise by about 6 percentage points. Specifically speaking, the price of mining and quarrying climbed 34.1%, that of raw materials rose 11.1%, that of processing industry rose 2.7%. The ex-factory price of living materials went down 0.3% over last month, of which, the price of foods went up 0.7%, that of clothes went up 0.9%, that of daily-used articles went up 1.9%, that of durable consumer goods went down 3.5%.

    Analysis by product is as follows:

    The ex-factory price of crude oil went up 43.4% over last May, forcing the ex-factory price of industrial products up by 1.5 percentage points. The ex-factory of gasoline rose 20.3%, that of kerosene went up 12.7%, that of diesel oil went up 22.1%.

    Among the prices of chemical industrial products, the price of polystyrene rose 18% over last May, that of cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber went up 24.5%, that of terylene filament went up 8.3%.

    The ex-factory price of coal mining and dressing surged up 25.9% over last May, of which, that of raw coal was up 25.9%.

    The ex-factory price of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals went up 7.4% over last May, of which, that of ordinary large-sized steel product went up 2.3%, that of ordinary medium-sized steel metals rose 1%, that of ordinary small-sized steel product ascended 6.2%, that of line-shaped steel product rose 6.7%, that of medium-thick steel board went up 9.2%, that of thin steel board went up 13.7%.

    The smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals went up 11% over last May, of which, the ex-factory prices of copper, aluminium, lead, zinc and nickel rose between 6.6% and 18.5%.

    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 18.9%, 8.9%, 15.4% and 11.4%.

    Compared with the same period of last year, the ex-factory price of industrial products in the first five months went up 5.7%, and the purchase price of materials, fuels and power went up 10%.