Consumer Prices for July 2014
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II. Month-on-Month Changes of Prices of Different Categories
In July, food prices went down by 0.1 percent month-on-month. Of which, prices for fresh fruits and aquatic products decreased 6.3 and 0.7 percent respectively, affecting nearly 0.18 percentage points decrease in the overall price level in total; prices for fresh vegetables increased 2.3 percent, affecting nearly 0.06 percentage points increase in the overall price level; prices for pork was up by 0.7 percent, affecting nearly 0.02 percentage points increase in the overall price level.
Non-food prices went up by 0.1 percent month-on-month. Of which, the month-on-month prices for recreation, education, culture articles and services, transportation and communication, health care and personal articles increased 0.8, 0.3 and 0.1 percent respectively; that of tobacco and liquor, household facilities, articles and maintenance services, residence kept at the same level; that of clothing decreased 0.6 percent.
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Consumer Prices in July |
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Items |
July |
Average on Jan-Jul |
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M/M (%) |
Y/Y (%) |
Y/Y (%) |
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Consumer Prices |
0.1 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
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Of which: Urban |
0.1 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
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Rural |
0.0 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
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Of which: Food |
-0.1 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
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Non food |
0.1 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
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Of which: Consumer Goods |
-0.1 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
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Services |
0.5 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
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Of which: Excluding Food and Energy |
0.2 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
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Of which: Excluding Fresh Vegetables and Fresh Fruits |
0.2 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
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By Commodity Categories |
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I. Food |
-0.1 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
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Grain |
0.3 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
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Grease |
-0.3 |
-4.7 |
-5.2 |
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Meat, Poultry and Related Products |
0.3 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
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Of which: Pork |
0.7 |
-3.6 |
-4.9 |
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Beef |
0.0 |
5.9 |
8.0 |
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Mutton |
-0.2 |
3.9 |
6.4 |
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Eggs |
4.2 |
19.5 |
6.5 |
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Aquatic Products |
-0.7 |
3.9 |
5.3 |
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Fresh Vegetables |
2.3 |
-1.6 |
0.6 |
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Fresh Fruits |
-6.3 |
20.1 |
19.7 |
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Milk and dairy Products |
-0.2 |
9.3 |
10.7 |
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II. Tobacco, Liquor and Articles |
0.0 |
-0.6 |
-0.6 |
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Tobacco |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
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Liquor |
0.0 |
-1.6 |
-1.8 |
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III. Clothing |
-0.6 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
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Clothing |
-0.6 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
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Shoes |
-0.7 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
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Clothing Processing Service |
0.3 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
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IV. Household Facilities, Articles and Maintenance Services |
0.0 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
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Durable Consumers |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
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Household Services and Processing, Maintenance Service |
0.4 |
7.4 |
7.3 |
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V. Health Care and Personal Articles |
0.1 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
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Chinese Herbal Medicines and Proprietary Chinese Medicines |
0.1 |
2.6 |
3.6 |
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Western Medicines |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
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Health Care Services |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
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VI. Transportation and Communication |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
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Transportation Facilities |
-0.1 |
-0.5 |
-0.9 |
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Fuels and Parts for Vehicles |
0.6 |
4.7 |
1.9 |
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Vehicle Use and Maintenance |
0.3 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
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Communication Facilities |
0.0 |
-4.1 |
-4.9 |
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Communication Services |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
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VII. Recreation, Education, Culture Articles and Services |
0.8 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
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Education Services |
0.1 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
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Tourism |
4.6 |
7.5 |
8.7 |
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VIII. Residence |
0.0 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
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Building and its Decoration Materials |
0.0 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
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House Renting |
0.1 |
2.8 |
3.8 |
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Water, Electricity, and Fuel |
-0.2 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
Annotations:
1. Explanatory Notes
Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an index measuring changes over time in the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by residents, which comprehensively reflects the changes of price level.
2. Statistical Coverage
Consumer Price Index (CPI) covers the prices of goods and services of eight categories and 262 basic divisions which cover the living consumption of urban and rural residents, including food; tobacco, liquor and articles; clothing; household facilities, articles and maintenance services; health care and personal articles; transportation and communication; recreation, education, culture articles and services and residence.
3. Survey Methods
The prices collection units are selected and determined by sample survey methods, and the original data of consumer prices are collected by specific person in fixed place at fixed time. Data are collected from 63,000 prices collection units in 500 cities and counties of the 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), which cover grocery stores, department stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, professional markets, franchise houses, shopping centers, open fairs and service consuming units etc.
(Source: National Statistics Bureau website)
