Producer Prices Rose By 0.4% In March 2019.

In March 2019, the producer prices of industrial producers rose by 0.4% over the same period last year, rising by 0.1% compared with the same period, and the purchasing prices of industrial producers rose by 0.2% over the same period last year.

In the first quarter, the producer price of industrial producers increased by 0.2% compared with the same period last year, and the purchasing price of industrial producers increased by 0.1%.

I. Changes in industrial producer prices over the same period

Producer prices rose by 0.3% over the same period last year, affecting the total producer price of industrial producers by about 0.24 percentage points.

Among them, the price of extractive industry increased by 4.2%, the price of raw material industry decreased by 0.6%, and the price of processing industry increased by 0.4%.

The price of living goods rose by 0.5% over the same period last year, affecting the total producer price of industrial producers by about 0.14 percentage points.

Among them, food prices rose 1.2%, clothing prices rose 1.7%, general commodity prices rose 0.3%, durable consumer goods prices fell 0.7%.

In the purchase price of industrial producers, the prices of building materials and nonmetals increased by 5.2%, the prices of ferrous metal materials increased by 1.6%, fuel power prices increased by 0.7%, and prices of non-ferrous metals and wires dropped by 1.7%.

Two, the change of industrial producer price chain ratio.

Producer prices rose by 0.2% in the producer price of industrial producers, of which, the price of extractive industries increased by 1.7%, and the prices of raw materials and industries increased by 0.3%, and the prices of processing industries remained unchanged.

The price of living goods was flat, with food prices rising by 0.2%, clothing and general commodity prices by 0.1% and durable consumer goods prices by 0.2%.

In the purchasing price of industrial producers, the price of fuel power and nonferrous metals and wires increased by 0.5%, the price of ferrous metal materials increased by 0.2%, the prices of chemical raw materials dropped by 0.5%, and the prices of building materials and non-metal decreased by 0.3%.