MNI DATA TABLE: China Feb Producer Price Index by Category

                                  Feb   Jan   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul

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Total PPI                         3.7   4.3   4.9   5.8   6.9   6.9   6.3   5.5

Year-to-date                      4.0   4.3   6.3   6.4   6.5   6.5   6.4   6.4

Month-on-month                   -0.1   0.3   0.8   0.5   0.7   1.0   0.9   0.2

Raw material procurement          4.4   5.2   5.9   7.1   8.4   8.5   7.7   7.0

Production material               4.8   5.7   6.4   7.5   9.0   9.1   8.3   7.3

-Mining and exploration           6.4   6.8   9.1  10.8  14.7  17.2  18.2  15.8

-Raw material                     5.9   7.3   8.1   9.7  11.6  11.9  11.0   9.3

-Processing                       4.2   4.9   5.5   6.3   7.5   7.3   6.4   5.8

Consumer goods                    0.3   0.3   0.5   0.6   0.8   0.7   0.6   0.5

-Daily goods                      1.1   1.4   1.6   1.7   1.9   1.3   0.8   0.6

-Food & related products          0.0   0.0   0.2   0.4   0.6   0.7   0.7   0.4

-Clothing & related products      0.5   0.8   0.6   0.7   0.9   1.2   1.4   1.2

-Durable goods                   -0.1  -0.3  -0.2   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0

Ferrous metals                    7.0   9.0  10.6  13.1  15.9  16.6  15.4  14.1

Nonferrous metals                 8.3  10.5  10.4  14.7  19.5  18.6  15.3  13.2

Fuel and power                    6.0   6.2   7.1   8.0  10.6  11.9  11.8  10.7

Raw chemical materials            4.3   5.9   7.6   9.2   9.4   9.0   7.7   7.1

     All figures y/y percentage changes unless otherwise specified

Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China

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