9-4  Retail Price Indices by Category (2006)
			(preceding year=100)
Item	National	Urban	Rural
	Indices	Indices	Indices
Retail Price Index	101.0	100.9	101.4
Food	102.6	102.6	102.4
Grain	102.5	102.7	102.4
Oil or Fat	98.7	99.0	98.4
Meat, Poultry and Their Products	97.3	97.3	97.2
Eggs	96.3	96.2	96.4
Aquatic Products	101.6	101.9	100.7
Vegetables	108.1	107.9	108.8
Flavoring	102.2	102.2	102.3
Sugar	111.7	109.8	114.3
Dried and Fresh Melons and Fruits	117.0	116.0	119.5
Cake, Biscuit and Bread	101.2	101.3	101.0
Milk and Its Products	101.0	101.1	100.9
Outward Dinner Food	101.9	102.0	101.5
Staple Food	101.4	101.6	101.1
Fried Dishes	102.1	102.2	101.6
Local Snack	101.7	101.7	102.0
Other Foods	101.3	101.5	101.0
Beverages, Tobacco and Liquor	100.7	100.9	100.5
Tea and Beverages	101.0	101.0	100.9
Tobacco	100.2	100.2	100.1
Liquor	101.3	101.7	100.7
Garments, Shoes and Hats	99.8	99.8	99.6
Garments	99.4	99.4	99.3
Footgear and Hats	100.8	101.0	100.5
Textiles	100.0	99.8	100.3
Cotton Cloth	100.7	100.7	100.7
Blend Cloth	99.6	99.4	100.0
Household Appliances, Music and Video Equipment	97.3	96.7	98.6
Cultural and Office Appliances	97.6	97.2	98.8
Articles for Daily Use	100.8	100.9	100.6
General Merchandise for Daily Use	100.5	100.5	100.4
Miscellaneous for Daily Use	101.2	101.3	101.1
Sports and Recreation Articles	98.5	98.3	99.2
Transportation and Communication Appliances	92.3	91.5	94.9
Furniture	100.1	99.9	100.5
Cosmetics	99.8	99.5	100.5
Gold, Silver and Jewelry	119.7	119.2	121.1
Traditional Chinese and Western Medicines and Health	99.1	99.2	99.1
Care Articles
Medical Apparatus and Article	98.3	98.9	97.2
Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials and Medicines	100.0	100.1	99.7
Western Medicines	98.4	98.3	98.7
Books, Newspapers, Magazines and Electronic Publications	100.2	100.3	99.9
Fuels	112.4	112.5	112.0
Building Materials and Hardware	103.0	103.0	103.0
Building Decoration Materials	102.8	102.7	103.0
Hardware	103.6	103.9	103.0