Last week (Sept. 19th to 25th) the national manufacturing data market price index rose by 0.2% over the previous week.

Rubber prices rose 3% over the previous week, of which natural rubber, synthetic rubber prices rose 3.5% and 2.4% respectively. Non-ferrous metals prices rose 1.8%, which nickel, lead, zinc prices rose 4%, 2.6% and 2%, copper, aluminum, tin prices rose 1.8%, respectively, 1.5% and 1.4%. The price of basic chemical raw materials rose 0.9%, including methanol, sulfuric acid, caustic soda, soda ash prices rose by 2.6%, 1.1%, 0.3% and 0.1%, benzene prices unchanged from the previous week. Coal prices rose 0.6%, of which coking coal, power coal, anthracite prices were up 0.7%, 0.6% and 0.5%. Fertilizer prices fell 0.2%, of which three yuan of diammonium phosphate, compound fertilizer, potassium chloride, urea prices fell by 0.3%, 0.3%, 0.2% and 0.1%. Steel prices fell 0.6%, including steel, round steel, ordinary steel prices fell 0.9%, 0.8% and 0.7%.