Commerce Department: focus on monitoring of production prices rose slightly
Date:2013-03-10   View:3837
Business agency hearing on March 5 

Commerce Department announcement that the focus of the Ministry of Commerce to monitor the production prices rose slightly during the week ending March 3, March 4. The major means of production, agricultural resources, energy, chemical products, light industry raw materials prices, building materials, non-ferrous metals, steel, minerals, rubber prices dropped. 

Energy prices rose 0.7%, refined oil prices rose by 2.8%, diesel, gasoline prices rose 3.6% and 3.3%, respectively; coke prices were flat; raw coal prices fell 0.1%.Chemical product prices rose 0.4%, including styrene, sulfuric acid prices were up 0.9%, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, and other varieties of prices were flat. Light industry raw materials prices rose 0.1%, cotton prices rose 0.1%. 

0.4% decline in steel prices, steel production to maintain growth, market supply is adequate, steel prices down slightly, to 10mm in ordinary board 3mm ordinary hot-rolled sheet, 12mm rebar prices were down 0.6%, 0.6% and 0.5%. 

Minerals prices fell 0.8%, copper ore, iron ore prices fell by 1.2% and 0.9% respectively. Non-ferrous metal prices fell 0.2%, # 1 tin aluminum, A00, # 1 lead prices were down 1.1%, 0.6% and 0.2%, # 1 copper, 1 zinc prices were flat, # 1 nickel prices rose 0.3%. 

Rubber prices fell by 1.1%, which made # 1 standard rubber imports # smoked rubber prices were down 2.4% and 2.1%, respectively, the price of nitrile rubber and other varieties remained stable.