China-Commodity Price Index/March
China-Commodity Price Index/March
Dateline : April 5, 2026/File
Location : China
Duration : 1'12
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Sign of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP)
FILE: Qingdao City, Shandong Province, east China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 2. Aerial shots of port, liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks
3. Aerial shot of LNG carrier
FILE: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Aerial shot of fertilizer plant
5. Piles of fertilizer
6. Various of fertilizer production lines
FILE: Hebei Province, north China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of workers, machine in steel plant
FILE: Jinan City, Shandong Province, east China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of machine transporting coal
FILE: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of excavators transporting coal
10. Various of coal washing lines
China's commodity price index stood at 129.9 points in March, up 4 percent month on month and 14.5 percent year on year, according to data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) on Sunday.
Among the 50 major commodities under key monitoring by the CFLP, 38 recorded a month-on-month price increase in March.
Specifically, diesel, methanol and ethylene glycol led the gains, rising 30.5 percent, 30.4 percent and 29.3 percent, respectively, from the previous month.
Affected by imported factors such as tensions in the Middle East and a sharp rise in international crude oil prices, China's energy and chemical price indices rose significantly, up 16.5 percent and 21.8 percent month on month, respectively.
Driven by rising international fertilizer prices and growing demand for biofuels, China's agricultural product price index increased by 2.8 percent month on month.
Analysts noted that the sharp rise in the commodity price index in March comes from factors such as the recovery of the domestic commodity market, the good outcomes of policies, and the ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
Given the increasingly volatile international commodity prices and the rising uncertainties in importing energy, chemicals and other commodities, it is necessary to diversify the sources of raw materials, expand the use of alternative resources, and enhance the ability to resist and respond to risky factors that may cause fluctuation in markets, said the analysts.
ID : 8473381
Published : 2026-04-05 11:49
Last Modified : 2026-04-05 17:50:45
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
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