In April 2018, the country’s consumer prices rose 1.8% year-on-year. Among them, cities rose 1.8%, rural areas rose 1.7%; food prices rose 0.7%, non-food prices rose 2.1%; consumer goods prices rose 1.3%, service prices rose 2.6% During the January-April average, the national consumer price level rose by 2.1% over the same period of last year.
In April, consumer prices in the country fell 0.2% month-on-month. Among them, cities fell by 0.2% and rural areas fell by 0.3%; food prices fell by 1.9%, non-food prices rose by 0.2%; consumer goods prices fell by 0.5%, and service prices rose by 0.3%.
First, the year-on-year changes in the prices of various types of goods and services
Food and tobacco price rose 1.1% year-on-year, affecting consumer price index (CPI) rose by about 0.32 percentage points. Among them, fresh vegetable prices rose 8.2%, affecting CPI rose by about 0.19 percentage points; egg prices rose 14.9%, affecting CPI rises. About 0.08 percentage points; Fresh fruit prices rose by 4.2%, affecting CPI by about 0.07 percentage points; Seafood prices rose by 2.8%, affecting CPI by about 0.05 percentage points; Animal meat prices dropped by 8.8%, affecting CPI by about 0.41%. The price dropped by 16.1%, affecting the CPI by about 0.43%.)
The price of other seven categories increased year-on-year. Among them, the prices of health care, residence, education, culture and entertainment rose by 5.2%, 2.2% and 2.0% respectively. The prices of daily necessities and services and clothing rose by 1.5% and 1.1% respectively. Transportation and Communication The prices of other supplies and services rose by 1.1% and 0.9% respectively.
Second, the price chain of various types of goods and services changes
The price of food, tobacco, and alcohol dropped by 1.2% month-on-month, affecting a decrease of 0.37% in CPI. Among them, the price of animal meat dropped by 4.1%, and the impact on CPI decreased by approximately 0.18% (the price of pork decreased by 6.6%, and the CPI decreased by approximately 0.15 percentage point); Vegetable prices fell by 5.5%, affecting a decrease in CPI by approximately 0.14 percentage points; egg, aquatic products, and fresh fruit prices decreased by 2.8%, 1.2%, and 1.2%, respectively, affecting a total decrease of approximately 0.06 percentage points in CPI.
Prices of the other seven categories both rose month-on-month. Among them, prices of transportation and communications, other supplies and services rose by 0.6% and 0.4% respectively. Clothing, daily necessities and services, education, culture and entertainment, and health care prices all increased by 0.2%. Rose 0.1%.
Main data of consumer prices in April 2018 | |||
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| Momentary change (%) | Year-on-year increase (%) | January-April |
| Year-on-year increase (%) | |||
| Consumer price | -0.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Among them: City | -0.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Rural | -0.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Including: Food | -1.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Non-food | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Including: Consumer goods | -0.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| service | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| Including: Food and Energy Excluded | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Including: Fresh vegetables and fruits | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Sort by category | |||
| First, food and tobacco | -1.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Food | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Food oil | -0.1 | -0.9 | -1.1 |
| Fresh vegetables | -5.5 | 8.2 | 7.0 |
| Livestock Meat | -4.1 | -8.8 | -6.0 |
| Including: Pig meat | -6.6 | -16.1 | -11.4 |
| Beef meat | -0.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| Lamb | -0.2 | 14.1 | 13.7 |
| Aquatic products | -1.2 | 2.8 | 4.9 |
| Eggs | -2.8 | 14.9 | 17.3 |
| Milk | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Fresh fruit | -1.2 | 4.2 | 6.7 |
| Smoke | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Alcohol | 0.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| Second, clothing | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Clothing | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Clothing processing service fee | 0.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Shoes | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Third, living | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Rental housing rent | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Hydroelectric fuel | -0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Fourth, daily necessities and services | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Household appliances | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Home service | 0.1 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| V. Traffic and Communication | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Transportation | -0.1 | -1.3 | -1.5 |
| Vehicle fuel | 2.6 | 8.7 | 6.5 |
| Use and maintenance of transportation | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| Communication tools | 0.1 | -2.4 | -2.6 |
| Communication service | -0.1 | -0.9 | -0.8 |
| Mail service | 0.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Sixth, educational culture and entertainment | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Educational services | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Travel | 1.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| Seventh, medical care | 0.2 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| Chinese medicine | 0.8 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Western medicine | 0.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| medical service | 0.0 | 5.8 | 6.8 |
| VIII. Other supplies and services | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
Notes
1. Explanation of indicators
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the relative change in the price level of residents' consumer goods and services over time, and comprehensively reflects the changes in the level of consumer goods and services purchased by residents.
2. Scope of statistics
The survey of consumer prices covers 8 categories of food and tobacco, clothing, living, daily necessities and services, transportation and communications, education, culture and entertainment, health care, and other supplies and services used by urban and rural residents across the country. 262 basic categories The price of goods and services.
3. Survey method
Sample surveys were used to select and determine the survey outlets. According to the principle of “definite, fixed, and regular”, the original price was sent directly to the survey outlets. The data were collected from 500 cities and counties in 31 provinces (regions, cities) in the country, 8.8 More than 10,000 price survey sites, including shopping malls (shops), supermarkets, farmers markets, service outlets and Internet e-commerce.