Consumer prices for June 2011(2)
2. Month-on-Month Changes of Prices of Different Categories
In June, food prices rose by 0.9 percent month-on-month, contributing 0.28 percentage point to the month-on-month growth of consumer prices (In May, the month-on-month change of food prices was down by 0.3 percent, contributing 0.08 percentage point decline to the overall prices). Of which, prices for meat, poultry and related products grew by 6.3 percent, or 4.7 percentage points higher than that in May; pork, up 11.4 percent, or 8.8 percentage points higher; aquatic products, up 2.0 percent, or 1.5 percentage points higher; and fresh eggs, up 4.6 percent, or 0.5 percentage points lower. Prices growth of the above mentioned three items triggered 0.52 percentage point growth of the overall prices, in particular, that for pork resulted in 0.36 percentage point growth month-on-month.
In June, prices for fresh vegetables and fruits continued to drop month-on-month, the rate is 0.8 percent and 13.5 percent respectively. They caused 0.33 percentage point decline of the overall prices, which maintained the same as in May.
Non-food Prices showed no change of growth in June, which eased the rising of Consumer Prices (it grew by 0.2 percent month-on-month in May, causing 0.16 percentage point growth of the overall price level). Of this total, prices for tobacco and liquor, household facilities, articles and maintenance services and health care and personal articles rose by 0.2 percent, 0.2 percent and 0.3 percent respectively, while prices for clothing, transportation and communication and housing went down by 0.2 percent, 0.1 percent and 0.1 percent.
