According to the Ministry of Commerce, last week (from August 7th to 13th) the national means of production market price index rose 1.6% over the previous week.

Among them: steel prices rose 3.3% over the previous week, of which welded steel pipe, hot-rolled steel strip, high-speed wire rod, channel steel prices rose by 3.9%, 3.7%, 3.6% and 3.5%, respectively. Non-ferrous metals prices rose 3%, of which aluminum, lead, nickel, zinc, copper prices rose 7.4%, 3.6%, 2.7%, 2.2% and 0.6%, tin prices fell by 0.2%. Rubber prices rose 1.3%, of which natural rubber and synthetic rubber prices rose by 1.3%. The price of basic chemical raw materials rose 0.7%, including methanol, sulfuric acid, caustic soda, benzene prices rose by 1.7%, 0.8%, 0.4% and 0.1%, soda ash prices fell 0.1%. Coal prices rose 0.2%, of which coking coal, steam coal, anthracite prices rose by 0.4%, 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively. Fertilizer prices fell by 0.2%, including urea prices fell by 0.4%, potassium chloride, diammonium phosphate and three yuan compound fertilizer prices remained stable.