The national statistical office website published consumer prices for december 2021. In december 2021, the national consumer price increased by 1. 5 per cent over the same period. Among them, urban growth increased by 1. 6 per cent and rural growth by 1. 2 per cent; food prices by 1. 2 per cent; non-food prices by 2. 1 per cent; consumer goods prices by 1. 5 per cent and services by 1. 5 per cent。
In december, the national consumer price ratio declined by 0. 3 per cent. Among them, the urban and rural areas fell by 0. 3 per cent; food prices by 0. 6 per cent; non-food prices by 0. 2 per cent; consumer prices by 0. 4 per cent; and services prices were flat。
Throughout 2021, the national consumer price increased by 0. 9 per cent over the previous year。
Prices of goods and services, by commodity category, by year
In december, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol decreased by 0. 1 per cent over the same period, affecting the cpi (the consumer price index) by approximately 0. 03 percentage points. Among food products, animal prices fell by 22. 2 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 94 percentage points, including pork by 36. 7 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 81 percentage points; eggs by 12. 7 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 08 percentage points; fresh vegetables by 10. 6 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 23 percentage points; water products by 7. 9 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 14 percentage points; fresh fruit by 4. 8 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 09 percentage points; and food by 2. 0 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 04 percentage points。
The other seven main categories showed an increase or decrease in prices from six. Among them, transport and communications, educational and cultural recreation, housing prices increased by 5. 0 per cent, 3. 1 per cent and 1. 6 per cent, respectively, while the prices of household goods and services, health care, clothing and clothing increased by 0. 8 per cent, 0. 7 per cent and 0. 6 per cent, respectively, and the prices of other goods and services decreased by 0. 5 per cent。
Changes in the ring comparison of prices of goods and services
In december, the price ratio of food, tobacco and alcohol decreased by 0. 3 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 09 percentage points. The price of fresh vegetables fell by 8. 3 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 21 percentage points; the price of eggs by 1. 8 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 01 percentage points; the price of fresh fruit by 3. 4 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 06 percentage points; the price of food by 0. 6 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 01 percentage points; the price of meat by 0. 5 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 02 percentage points, including the price of pork by 0. 4 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 01 percentage points; and the price of water products by 0. 3 per cent, affecting cpi by about 0. 01 percentage points。
The other seven categories of prices are two or three times higher. Of these, the prices of household goods and services and clothing rose by 0. 3 per cent and 0. 1 per cent, respectively; the prices of educational, cultural and recreational services and health care were even; and the prices of transport, communications, housing, other goods and services fell by 1. 3 per cent, 0. 1 per cent and 0. 1 per cent, respectively。
The senior statistician of the urban division of the national statistical office, lixon, interpreted the cpi ring ratio as being rising and declining, with the same increase falling。
In december, the epidemic spread in the country, bringing together the various sectors of the region to advance the prevention and control of the epidemic and secure supply prices, and the consumer market was generally stable。
From the ring comparison, cpi shifted from a 0. 4 per cent increase last month to a 0. 3 per cent decline. Of these, the food price ring ratio shifted from a 2. 4 per cent increase last month to a 0. 6 per cent decline, affecting cpi by about 0. 10 percentage points. In food products, there has been an increase in the marketing of fresh vegetables and a fall in prices, with the ring being reduced by 8. 3 per cent from 6. 8 per cent last month to 6. 8 per cent; a 3. 4 per cent increase in the price of fresh fruit due to seasonal factors; the winter pickles have entered the end with an acceleration of the production of pigs, and the price of pork has increased significantly by 11. 8 percentage points since last month. The price of non-food items was reduced by 0. 2 per cent from the previous month's level, affecting the cpi by about 0. 17 percentage points. Among non-food items, the price of industrial consumer goods was reduced by 0. 5 per cent, from 0. 3 per cent last month to 5. 4 per cent and 5. 8 per cent, respectively, as a result of lower international crude oil prices. The price of services went from a 0. 3 per cent decline last month to a flat rate, with a 1. 3 per cent increase in the price of domestic services due to the approaching spring season; the epidemic affected the population's travel and the price of hotel accommodation fell by 0. 8 per cent。
On the same basis, cpi increased by 1. 5 per cent, or 0. 8 percentage points from last month. Of these, food prices have been reduced by 1. 2 per cent from a 1. 6 per cent increase in the previous month, affecting the cpi by about 0. 22 percentage points. The price of pork fell by 36. 7 per cent, an increase of 4. 0 percentage points over the previous month; the price of fresh vegetables rose by 10. 6 per cent, a significant decline of 20. 0 percentage points over the previous month; and the prices of freshwater fish, eggs and vegetable oils fell by 16. 7 per cent, 14. 2 per cent and 9. 0 per cent, respectively. The increase of 2. 1 per cent in non-food prices was 0. 4 percentage points lower than last month, affecting an increase of approximately 1. 69 percentage points in the cpi. Among non-food items, the price of industrial consumer goods rose by 2. 9 per cent and declined by 1. 0 percentage points, with petrol and diesel prices rising by 23. 0 per cent and 25. 4 per cent, respectively, more than in the previous month; and services rose by 1. 5 per cent, the same increase as last month. The core cpi, net of food and energy prices, increased by 1. 2 per cent the same amount as last month。
