In the January of 2005, the ex-factory price of industrial products rose 5.8% over last January; the purchase price of materials, fuels and power went up 10.7%, slightly lower than the average rise of last year and down by 1.3 percentage points over last December.

    In this January, among the ex-factory price of industrial products, that of means of production rose 7.8% over last January and went down by 1.6 percentage points than that of last December, leading the general ex-factory price of industrial price to grow about 5.7 percentage points. Specifically speaking, the price of mining and quarrying was up 19.6%, down by 9.7 percentage points over the rise of last December; that of material industry rose 11.5%; that of processing industry rose 3.8%. The ex-factory price of living materials went up about 0.3% year on year, down by 0.2 percentage point over the previous month, which drove the general ex-factory price of industrial products to rise about 0.1 percentage point. Especially, the price of foods went up 2.3%, that of clothes rose 0.7%, that of daily-used articles went up 2.1%, that of durable consumer goods went down 3.4%.

    The analysis by specific product are as follows:

    1. The prices of crude oil and oil products dropped clearly. In this January, the ex-factory price of crude oil went up 19.1% over last January, down by 16.5 percentage points than the rise of last December and leading the general ex-factory price of industrial products to rise about by 0.6 percentage point. Among the oil products, the prices of gasoline, kerosene and diesel oil climbed by 19.4%, 11.9% and 17.6% respectively, apparently lower than last December.

    2. The price of low-reach products related to crude oil rose with a slowing trend clearly. In this January, among the ex-factory prices of synthetic materials and chemical fibres, the price of polystyrene rose 21.9% over last January, down by 11 percentage points in the rise over last December; that of cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber rose 24.3%, down by 9.5 percentage points; that of terylene filament went up 14.1%, down by 3.2 percentage points in the rise.

    3. The price of coal continued to ascend. In this January, the ex-factory price of mining and dressing of coal went up 25.8% over last January, up by one percentage point over the rise of last December. Especially, the ex-factory price of raw coal rose 26%, up by 1.8 percentage points.

    4. The price of steel products showed a declined rise. In this January, the ex-factory price of smelting and pressing of ferrous-metals rose 10.8% over last January, down by 3.4 percentage points than the rise of last December. Specifically speaking, the price of common large-sized rolled steel went up 5.9% which was 3.3 percentage points lower than the rise of last December; that of common medium-sized rolled steel ascended 4.7%, down by 6.1 percentage points in the rise; that of common small-sized rolled steel was up 5.8%, down by 6.8 percentage in the rise; that of common line-shaped rolled steel went up 1%, down by 5 percentage points in the rise; that of medium-thick rolled steel rose 19.7%, down by 0.6 percentage point in the rise.

    5. The price of non-ferrous metals climbed with the dropping rise. In this January, the ex-factory price of smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals rose 15.1% over last January, down by 2 percentage points than the rise of last December. The ex-factory prices of copper, aluminium, lead, zinc and nickel grew up from 4.5% to 26.7%, unanimously lower than the rises of last December.