Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China

Price Indices of Raw Material (2005/12)

Wednesday,August 02,2006 Posted: 15:25 BJT(0725 GMT) MOFCOM

	December			Total
	Compared with November, 2005	Compared with the same period of 2004	Compared with the Beginning of 2005	Compared with the same period of 2004	Compared with the Beginning of 2005
General Index	99.65	98.47	98.47	102.87	100.76
Ⅰ Ferrous Metal	97.45	83.33	83.33	98.14	98.08
steel	97.38	83.04	83.04	98.11	98.07
shaped steel	98.88	93.82	93.82	95.17	99.95
wire	100.25	89.54	89.54	95.24	98.36
plate	97.74	69.69	69.69	96.34	94.78
sheet	92.02	70.42	70.42	101.32	97.52
welding steel tube	98.15	92.83	92.83	105.89	102.23
scraped steel	97.85	84.22	84.22	104.58	96.36
foundry pig iron	98.87	89.74	89.74	95.72	99.27
ⅡNon-Ferrous Metal	106.92	117.86	117.86	110.67	106.26
copper	105.91	133.79	133.79	126.09	115.10
aluminum	109.91	113.24	113.24	100.35	101.83
lead	104.32	102.64	102.64	106.79	99.09
zinc	105.50	132.52	132.52	119.87	114.52
Ⅲ Chemical Products	99.21	99.87	99.87	108.53	101.53
natural rubber	98.10	132.62	132.62	110.66	116.09
tyre	100.76	103.13	103.13	101.29	100.90
polypropylene	99.21	106.15	106.15	112.07	109.79
ABS resin	97.65	105.55	105.55	112.75	106.06
soda ash	99.73	95.79	95.79	112.82	99.83
caustic soda	99.18	110.52	110.52	113.09	110.25
Ⅳ、Coal	100.00	100.34	100.34	110.74	100.61
bituminous coal	100.00	100.26	100.26	110.45	100.56
anthracite coal	100.00	100.61	100.61	111.67	100.78
Ⅴ Crude Oil & Products	100.31	120.33	120.33	116.30	110.30
diesel oil	100.87	119.29	119.29	116.45	108.75
gasoline	99.51	119.66	119.66	113.78	110.21
Ⅵ Timber	100.00	101.92	101.92	99.51	101.63
logs	100.00	102.66	102.66	99.69	102.26
sawn timbers	100.00	99.87	99.87	98.54	99.90
plywood	100.00	100.27	100.27	100.75	100.21
ⅦConstruction Material	100.04	97.68	97.68	99.33	99.02
cement	100.35	93.00	93.00	92.05	95.65
Ⅷ Electromechanical Products	99.72	96.18	96.18	95.66	97.19
machine tool	99.67	95.98	95.98	95.54	97.02
AC electric motor	100.00	94.13	94.13	90.44	94.47
bulldozers	100.00	100.86	100.86	98.23	100.77
Ⅸ Automobile	99.11	92.91	92.91	93.05	95.88
truck	99.23	94.97	94.97	97.69	97.35
car	99.11	90.79	90.79	89.52	94.21

(Source: Network Center of MOFCOM)

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