In February, The Price Of Leather Industry In Xi'an Dropped By 1%.

The Xi'an investigation team of the National Bureau of statistics released the latest statistics on 17. In February this year, the factory price of industrial products in Xi'an (PPI) increased by 2.8% compared with the same period last year, or 0.4 percentage points higher than that of last month.

The prices of means of production and living materials rose by 2.2% and 4.4% respectively in the two major categories.

In the 15 industrial sectors, the prices of textile, sewing and leather industries decreased by 0.7%, 2.2% and 1%, respectively, while the prices of the other 12 industrial sectors rose, and the prices increased by 3.8%, 4.8%, 8.2%, 4.1%, 7.4% and 15.3% respectively in metallurgy, coal and coking, petroleum, chemical, food and other industries.

The survey showed that the price of edible oil, fresh pork, milk and other agricultural and sideline products were still hovering over the same period, affecting the food industry up 7.4%.

The price of rapeseed oil, soybean oil, salad oil and corn oil rose 30% to 40% year-on-year; the price of fresh pork rose again, up 94.1% compared with the same period last year; the price of milk rose overall; the price of fresh and packaged milk increased by 6.1%; the price of yogurt increased by 3.6%; the price of bread increased and the staple food increased by 4.2% in February compared with the increase in grain and oil prices.

In addition, the price of gasoline and diesel rose by 7% and 8.3% compared with the continuous rise in international oil prices, and the price of liquefied petroleum gas rose by 16.3% over the same period last year.

Affected by the rise in oil and other raw materials, the prices of chemical products also rose significantly. The prices of caustic soda, liquid chlorine, glycerin, detergents, laundry soap, sulfuric acid and some drugs increased substantially over the same period last year, driving the chemical industry up 4.1% over the same period.