In December 2012, the growth rate of metal materials prices fell

In December 2012, the factory prices of industrial producers nationwide fell by 1.9% year-on-year, a decrease of 0.1% from the previous month. The purchase price of industrial producers decreased by 2.4% year-on-year and decreased by 0.1% month-on-month. In 2012, the ex-factory price of industrial producers fell by 1.7% over the previous year, and the purchase price of industrial producers decreased by 1.8% from the previous year.

Of which, among the purchase prices of industrial producers, the prices of non-ferrous metal materials, wires, and textile materials rose by 0.1% from the previous month in November, and the growth rate was 1.4% higher than the growth rate in the previous month; it was 2.5% lower than the same period of last year, and the year-on-year growth rate. It increased by 1.4 percentage points; in 2012, it decreased by 5.5% from the previous year, which was 0.3 percentage points higher than the growth rate from January to November.

The price of ferrous materials was flat compared with the previous month in November, which was 0.1 percentage point lower than the growth rate in November; it was 8.4% lower than the same period of last year in December, and its year-on-year growth rate increased by 1.1 percentage points; 2012 was lower than the previous year. 7.1%, 0.2% lower than the growth rate in January-November.