According to the Ministry of Commerce monitoring, last week (April 3rd to 9) the national edible agricultural products market price index fell by 0.5% over the previous week, the market price index of production data was essentially flat with the previous week.
Production materials market: non-ferrous metals prices rose 0.6% over the previous week, including aluminum, nickel, copper prices rose by 2.1%, respectively, and 0.3%, zinc, tin prices fell by 1.4% and 0.1%, respectively, the lead price unchanged. The price of basic chemical raw materials rose 0.4%, including sulfuric acid, methanol, benzene, caustic soda, soda ash prices rose by 0.5%, 0.4%, 0.4%, 0.3% and 0.2%. Coal prices rose 0.3%, of which the price of steam coal rose by 0.5%, anthracite prices fell by 0.2%, coking coal prices remain stable. Fertilizer prices fell 0.3%, of which urea, compound fertilizer, diammonium phosphate, potassium chloride prices fell by 0.4%, respectively, 0.3%, and 0.1%, and three, respectively, by 0.2%. Rubber prices fell 0.7%, of which synthetic rubber prices fell by 2%, natural rubber prices rose by 0.4%. Steel prices fell 0.7%, of which cold-rolled ordinary sheet, galvanized sheet, hot-rolled strip, rebar prices fell by 2.5%, respectively, 1.6%, and 0.5%, and 0.8%.