National Bureau of Statistics: Price indices both rebounded in August. Driven by recent increases in crude oil and non-ferrous metal prices, the purchase price index and ex-factory price index for major raw materials in the manufacturing sector rose to 56.6% and 50.4% respectively, up by 3.4 and 2.6 percentage points from the previous month. The ex-factory price index has returned to the expansion range. By industry, both price indices for the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling-processing i

National Bureau of Statistics: Price indices both rebounded in August. Driven by recent increases in crude oil and non-ferrous metal prices, the purchase price index and ex-factory price index for major raw materials in the manufacturing sector rose to 56.6% and 50.4% respectively, up by 3.4 and 2.6 percentage points from the previous month. The ex-factory price index has returned to the expansion range. By industry, both price indices for the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling-processing i

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National Bureau of Statistics: Both price indices rebounded in August. Due to factors such as the recent rise in crude oil and non-ferrous metal prices, the purchasing price index for major raw materials in the manufacturing industry and the ex-factory price index were 56.6% and 50.4% respectively, rising by 3.4 and 2.6 percentage points from the previous month. Among them, the ex-factory price index returned to the expansion range. By industry, both price indices in the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling industry exceeded 60.0%, with significant increases in the prices of raw material procurement and product sales in related industries.

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