In November, general enterprise commodity price rose by 0.2 percent from a month earlier, but still down by 1.1 percent from a year earlier. In particular, the price of capital goods rose by 0.2 percent on month-on-month basis, but still down by 0.7 percent on year-on-year basis, and the price of consumer goods rose by 0.2 percent on month-on-month basis, but still down by 2.2 percent from a year earlier.
Ⅰ. The price increased slightly in grain and markedly in vegetables and fruits, while the price of cotton kept growing with the price of agricultural products recovering (see Table 1)
Item |
Month-on-month change (percent) |
Year-on-year change (percent) |
Agricultural products |
0.4 |
-2.7 |
Grain |
0.3 |
-6.1 |
Cotton |
4.8 |
8.3 |
Vegetable |
8.8 |
-0.8 |
Fruit |
5.7 |
-3 |
Ⅱ. The price of oil and coal continued to increase while the price of electricity remained stable (see Table 2)
Table 2
Item |
Month-on-month change (percent) |
Year-on-year change (percent) |
Crude oil |
2.8 |
23.4 |
Refined oil |
0.4 |
8.8 |
Coal |
1.1 |
5.5 |
Electricity |
0 |
2.2 |
Ⅲ. The price recovered in food and consumer products while the price of textile products continued to grow (see Table 3)
Table 3
Item |
Month-on-month change (percent) |
Year-on-year change (percent) |
Consumer products |
0.2 |
-2.2 |
Durables |
-0.1 |
-5 |
Non-durables |
0.2 |
-1.8 |
Food |
0.3 |
-1.4 |
Textile products |
0.1 |
-3.1 |
Medicine |
-0.1 |
-0.4 |
Ⅳ. The price roared in steel and capital goods but declined in building materials and remained stable in machinery equipment, while the price continued to decline in automobiles (see Table 4)
Table 4
Item |
Month-on-month change (percent) |
Year-on-year change (percent) |
Steel |
0.9 |
3.1 |
Building materials |
-0.4 |
-2.5 |
Automobiles |
-0.1 |
-5.7 |
Machinery equipment |
0 |
0 |
