国家统计局：1月PPI同比下降1.4%，降幅比上月收窄0.5个百分点

Core Insights - In January 2026, the national industrial producer price index (PPI) decreased by 1.4% year-on-year, with the decline narrowing by 0.5 percentage points compared to the previous month; month-on-month, it increased by 0.4%, with the increase expanding by 0.2 percentage points from the previous month [1] Group 1: Year-on-Year Changes - In January, the producer prices for production materials fell by 1.3%, contributing approximately 1.06 percentage points to the overall decline in the industrial producer price index. The mining industry saw a price drop of 8.1%, while raw materials and processing industries experienced declines of 2.0% and 0.4%, respectively [4] - Prices for living materials decreased by 1.7%, impacting the overall industrial producer price index by about 0.38 percentage points. Food prices fell by 1.9%, clothing prices by 0.7%, and prices for general daily goods and durable consumer goods both decreased by 1.8% [4] Group 2: Month-on-Month Changes - In January, the producer prices for production materials increased by 0.5%, contributing approximately 0.37 percentage points to the overall increase in the industrial producer price index. The mining industry prices decreased by 1.7%, while raw materials and processing industries saw increases of 0.7% and 0.5%, respectively [8] - Prices for living materials rose by 0.1%, contributing about 0.01 percentage points to the overall increase. Food prices decreased by 0.1%, clothing prices by 0.3%, while prices for general daily goods decreased by 0.1%, and durable consumer goods prices increased by 0.3% [8] Group 3: Purchase Price Changes - In the industrial producer purchase price index, fuel and power prices fell by 7.1%, chemical raw materials by 5.8%, and building materials and non-metallic materials by 4.7%. Prices for black metal materials and agricultural products both decreased by 2.9%, while textile raw materials saw a decline of 2.2%. Conversely, prices for non-ferrous metal materials and wires increased by 16.1% [7]