Consumer Prices for March 2022
In March 2022, the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.5 percent year-on-year. Among them, the urban rose by 1.6 percent and the rural rose by 1.2 percent; food prices fell by 1.5 percent and non-food prices rose by 2.2 percent; consumer goods prices rose 1.7 percent and service prices rose 1.1 percent. From January to March, on average, the national consumer price rose by 1.1 percent over the same period last year.
In March, the national consumer prices were flat month on month. Among them, the urban and rural areas were both flat; food prices fell by 1.2 percent and nonfood prices rose by 0.3 percent; consumer goods prices rose by 0.2 percent and service prices fell by 0.2 percent.
I. Year-on-Year Changes of Prices of Different Categories
In March, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol decreased by 0.3 percent year-on-year, affecting the CPI to decline by about 0.09 percentage point. Among foodstuff, the price of livestock meat decreased by 24.8 percent, which affected the decline of CPI by about 0.99 percentage point, of which the price of pork decreased by 41.4 percent, which affected the decline of CPI by about 0.83 percentage point; the price of fresh vegetables increased by 17.2 percent, affecting the increase of CPI by about 0.37 percentage point; egg prices rose by 7.0 percent, affecting CPI up by about 0.04 percentage point; fresh fruit prices rose by 4.3 percent, affecting CPI up by about 0.09 percentage point; the price of aquatic products rose by 4.2 percent, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.08 percentage point; grain prices rose by 2.0 percent, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.04 percentage point.
The prices of the other seven categories all rose year-on-year. Among them, the prices of transportation and communication, education, culture and entertainment, other supplies and services increased by 5.8, 2.6 and 2.1 percent respectively, the prices of living supplies and services increased by 1.3 and 0.9 percent respectively, and the prices of health care and clothing increased by 0.7 and 0.6 percent respectively.
II. Month-on-Month Changes of Prices of Different Categories
In March, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol decreased by 0.9 percent month on month, affecting the decline of CPI by about 0.26 percentage point. Among foodstuff, the price of livestock meat decreased by 4.9 percent, which affected the decline of CPI by about 0.15 percentage point, of which the price of pork decreased by 9.3 percent, which affected the decline of CPI by about 0.12 percentage point; the price of fresh fruit decreased by 2.3 percent, affecting the decline of CPI by about 0.05 percentage point; the price of aquatic products decreased by 2.1 percent, affecting the decline of CPI by about 0.04 percentage point; grain prices rose by 0.5 percent, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.01 percentage point; the price of fresh vegetables rose by 0.4 percent, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.01 percentage point.
The prices of the other seven categories rose six and fell one month on month. Among them, the prices of transportation and communication, other supplies and services and clothing increased by 1.6, 1.0 and 0.4 percent respectively, and the prices of daily necessities and services, housing and health care increased by 0.2, 0.1 and 0.1 percent respectively; the price of education, culture and entertainment decreased by 0.3 percent.
Consumer Prices in March 2022
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M/M (%) |
Y/Y (%) |
Jan-Mar |
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Growth Rate(%) |
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Consumer Prices |
0.0 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
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Of which: Urban |
0.0 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
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Rural |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
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Of which: Food |
-1.2 |
-1.5 |
-3.1 |
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Non food |
0.3 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
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Of which: Consumer Goods |
0.2 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
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Services |
-0.2 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
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Of which: Excluding Food and Energy |
-0.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
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By Commodity Categories |
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I. Food, Tobacco and Liquor |
-0.9 |
-0.3 |
-1.3 |
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Grain |
0.5 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
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Cooking Oil |
0.4 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
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Fresh Vegetables |
0.4 |
17.2 |
3.7 |
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Meat |
-4.9 |
-24.8 |
-25.5 |
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Of which: Pork |
-9.3 |
-41.4 |
-41.8 |
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Beef |
-1.4 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
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Mutton |
-1.2 |
-4.6 |
-3.5 |
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Aquatic Products |
-2.1 |
4.2 |
5.9 |
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Eggs |
0.3 |
7.0 |
3.8 |
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Dairy products |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
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Fresh Fruits |
-2.3 |
4.3 |
6.9 |
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Tobacco |
0.0 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
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Liquor |
0.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
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II. Clothing |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
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Clothing |
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
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Shoes |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
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III. Residence |
0.1 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
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House Renting |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
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Water, Electricity, and Fuel |
0.7 |
4.3 |
3.8 |
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IV. Household Articles and Services |
0.2 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
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Household Appliances |
0.0 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
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Household Services |
-0.1 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
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V. Transportation and Communication |
1.6 |
5.8 |
5.5 |
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Transportation Facilities |
-0.1 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
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Fuels for Vehicles |
7.1 |
24.1 |
22.6 |
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Vehicle Use and Maintenance |
-0.3 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
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Communication Facilities |
1.0 |
-2.8 |
-3.3 |
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Communication Services |
-0.1 |
-0.3 |
-0.3 |
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Postal Services |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
-0.3 |
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VI. Education, Culture and Recreation |
-0.3 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
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Education Services |
0.2 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
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Tourism |
-2.6 |
6.2 |
6.4 |
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VII. Health Care |
0.1 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
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Traditional Chinese Medicines |
0.4 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
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Western Medicines |
0.1 |
-0.5 |
-0.7 |
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Health Care Services |
0.1 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
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VIII. Other Articles and Services |
1.0 |
2.1 |
0.7 |
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Annotations:
1. Explanatory Notes
Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an index measuring changes over time in the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by residents, which comprehensively reflects the changes of price level.
2. Statistical Coverage
Consumer Price Index (CPI) covers the prices of goods and services of 8 categories and 268 basic divisions which cover the living consumption of urban and rural residents, including food, tobacco and liquor; clothing; residence; household articles and services; transportation and communication; education, culture and recreation; health care; other articles and services.
3. Survey Methods
According to the principle of "fixed person, fixed point and fixed time", people are directly sent to the survey sites or collect the original price from the Internet. The data comes from about 500 cities and counties in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and cities) and nearly 100,000 price survey points, including shopping malls (stores), supermarkets, farmers' markets, service outlets and Internet e-commerce.
4. Data Description
Due to "rounding-off", sometimes the aggregate data is the same as the high or low value of the classified data.