In this August, affected by the rise of international petroleum price and the rebound of main means of production such as steel and so on, the ex-factory price of the industrial products ascended 6.8% over last August which was 0.4 percentage point higher over the rise of this July; the purchase price of materials, fuels and power went up 12.9% which was 0.9 percentage point higher than the rise of this July.

    Analyzed by the change of the month-by-month price ratio, the ex-factory price in this August went up 0.6% which was 0.2 percentage point higher than the rise of this July; those of raw materials, fuels and power rose 1% which was 0.6 percentage points higher than the rise of this July.

    Firstly, the price of means of production showed a higher year-on-year rise and its month-by-month ratio expanded to some degree. Compared with last August, the price of means of production rose 8.7% which was 0.5 percentage point higher than that of this July and led the general ex-factory price of industrial products to climb by 6.4 percentage points. Specifically speaking, the ex-factory price of mining products went up 23.1%, that of material industrial products rose 11.4%, that of processing products ascended 4.9%. The ex-factory price of living materials rose 1.6% year on year which was 0.2 percentage point higher over this July and resulted in the ex-factory price level of living material products to climb by 0.4 percentage point. Especially, the ex-factory price of foods went up 6%, that of clothes rose 1.2%, keeping the same rise with last month; that of the common daily commodities was up 1.8% which was 0.3 percentage point higher over this July; that of durable consumer goods went down 3.6% which was 0.5 percentage point lower than the decline of this July.

    Analyzed by the change of the month-by-month price ratio, the ex-factory price of means of production and living materials all went up to different extent. In this August, the ex-factory price of means of production climbed 0.8%, which was 0.4 percentage point higher over this July; that of living materials rose 0.1%, shifting to rise from declining.

    Secondly, the price of steel products presented the rebound to some degree. The ex-factory price of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals rose 17.1% year on year, which was 0.9 percentage point higher over the rise of this July. Specifically speaking, the price of common large-sized steel rose 18.2%, that of common medium-sized steel products went up 16.7%, that of common small-sized steel products rose 17.3%, that of barred steel products went up 18.5%, one to five percentage points higher than the rises of this July respectively.

    Thirdly, the ex-factory price of coal went up slightly. Compared with last August, the price of coal mining and dressing rose 18.6% which was 0.2 percentage point higher than the rise of this July. Especially, that of coal rose 20.2%, which was 0.4 percentage points higher than the rise of this July.

    Fourthly, the price of crude oil and oil products continued to rise. In this August, the oil price on the international market went on ascending and set up a new high-record again and again. Influenced by such the fact, the prices of crude oil and oil products in China continued to rise. The ex-factory price of crude oil climbed 26.6% over last August, which was 1.6 percentage points higher than the rise of this July and led the ex-factory price of the industrial products to rise by around 0.9 percentage point. The ex-price of oil products such as gasolines, kerosene and diesel oil went up 12.3%, 25.2% and 19.8% correspondingly, all being higher than the rises of this July.

    Fifthly, the price of non-ferrous metals showed the unchanged rising trend. The ex-factory price of smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals rose 19.8% over last August which was 0.2 percentage point higher over the rise of this July. The prices of ten non-ferrous metals rose with the greater increase, especially, those with the rise of over 40% were nickel(up 40.1%), lead(up 50.4%) and tin(up 68.2%). The prices of zinc, tin and mercury displayed the lower rises over this July.

    Compared with the same period of last year, the ex-price of the industrial products in the first eight months of this year ascended 5.2%, and those of materials, fuels and power went up 10.4%.