In this September, affected by the dramatic rise in the prices of the crude oil, oil products and chemical products and continuous rise in the prices of coal, steel and non-ferrous metals, the ex-factory price of the industrial products went up 7.9% over last September, up by 1.1 percentage point over the rise of this August.

    Analyzed by the change in the ratio of this month’s price to the previous month’s price, the ex-factory price of industrial products in this September went up 1.1%, 0.5 percentage point higher than the rise of this August.

    First of all, compared with last September , the ex-factory price of means of production climbed significantly with the rise of 10.2%, up by 1.5 percentage points over the rise of this August and driving the general ex-factory price of all the industrial products to surge up by 7.5 percentage points. Specifically speaking, the ex-factory price of mining industry rose 26.7%, that of raw materials was up 13.9%, that of processing industry climbed 5.5%. The ex-factory price of living materials climbed 1.7% over last September, 0.1 percentage point higher than the rise of this August and driving the general ex-factory price of the industrial products to climb by about 0.4 percentage point. Specifically speaking, the ex-factory price of foods and similar goods rose 6.3%, that of clothes went up 1.1%, that of daily articles rose 2.5%, that of durable consumer goods declined 4.1%.

    Regarding the change in the ratio of this month’s price to last month’s price, the rise of the ex-factory price of means of production went up clearly, that of living materials dropped to some extent by 0.1 percentage point over this August.

    Secondly, the prices of crude oil and oil products continued to rise. The ex-factory price of crude oil went up 20.4% year on year, leading to the rise of 0.7 percentage point in the general ex-factory price of the industrial products. Among the oil products, those of gasoline, diesel oil and kerosene went up 19.2%, 25.6% and 37.5% respectively, unanimously higher than the rises of this August.

    Thirdly, the ex-factory price of chemical products ascended to a great extent. Compared with last September, among the ex-factory prices of synthetic materials and chemical fibre products, that of polystyrene rose 40%, that 顺丁橡胶 climbed 13.9%, that of 涤纶长丝 went up 12.3%, that of viscous fibre ascended 7.7%, that of urea among fertilizers went up 24.9%.

    Fourthly, the ex-factory price of coal rose unceasingly. Compared with last September, that of coal mining and dressing rose 20.5%, up by 1.9 percentage points over the rise of this August. Especially, that of raw coal rose 20.4%.

    Fifthly, the price of steel climbed tending to be slower. The ex-factory price of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals rose 17.2% over last September, down by 0.1 percentage point over this August. Specifically speaking, that of ordinary large-sized steel products went up 12.9%, that of common medium-sized steel products rose 17.4%, that of ordinary small-sized steel products rose 15.8%, that of line-shaped steel products surged up 23.3%. Analyzed by the ratio of this month’s price to last month’s price, the ex-factory price of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals was 0.8 percentage point lower in September in the rise over this August.

    Sixthly, the price of non-ferrous metals continued to rise. Compared with last September, the ex-factory price of smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals went up 20.3%, 0.5 percentage point higher than the rise of this August. Specifically speaking, the ex-factory prices of copper, lead, zinc and antimony showed the rises between 8.8% and 45.5%.

    Compared with the same period of last year, the ex-factory price of the industrial products rose 5.5% in the first nine months of 2004.