MNI DATA TABLE: China October PPI Sub-Indexes by Category

                                 Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar

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Total PPI                        3.3   3.6   4.1   4.6   4.7   4.1   3.4   3.1

Year-to-date                     3.9   4.0   4.0   4.0   3.9   3.7   3.6   3.7

Month-on-month                   0.4   0.6   0.4   0.1   0.3   0.4  -0.2  -0.2

Raw Material Procurement         4.0   4.2   4.8   5.2   5.1   4.3   3.7   3.7

Production Materials             4.2   4.6   5.2   6.0   6.1   5.4   4.5   4.1

-Mining and exploration         12.4  11.7  12.1  13.4  11.5   8.1   6.1   5.0

-Raw materials                   6.7   7.3   7.8   9.0   8.8   7.4   5.7   5.1

-Processing                      2.5   2.9   3.5   4.1   4.6   4.4   3.9   3.7

Consumer Goods                   0.7   0.8   0.7   0.6   0.4   0.3   0.1   0.2

-Daily goods                     1.0   1.1   1.2   1.1   1.1   1.1   0.9   0.9

-Food & related products         0.9   0.9   0.7   0.7   0.7   0.3   0.1   0.0

-Clothing & related products     1.2   1.1   1.1   0.7   0.3   0.3   0.2   0.3

-Durable goods                  -0.1   0.2   0.2   1.1  -0.5  -0.7  -0.6  -0.3

Ferrous Metals                   5.6   5.1   6.2   7.7   8.1   6.6   5.4   5.3

Non-ferrous Metals              -1.7  -0.4   2.5   5.6   7.9   7.6   6.4   6.8

Fuel and Power                   9.4   9.2   9.7   9.9   8.1   5.5   4.6   4.9

Raw Chemical Materials           5.3   5.8   6.1   5.7   5.8   5.3   4.2   3.4

     - All figures y/y percentage changes unless otherwise specified.

     - Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China

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