China-PPI/March
China-PPI/March
Dateline : April 10, 2026/File
Location : China
Duration : 1'23
FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of workers, equipment, production lines
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of lithium-ion battery production line, employees working
3. Packed battery
FILE: Chongqing Municipality, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of robot arms working on new energy vehicle assembly line
FILE: Genhe City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China - Dec 16, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Engineer of heating company inspecting equipment
6. Various of employees of heating company working in monitoring room
FILE: Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, east China - June 2023 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of automated textile machines in operation
FILE: Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, south China - June 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of automatic production line for circuit boards
FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of copper ores; copper mining equipment in operation
10. Various of oil derrick pump working
China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, returned to year-on-year growth in March 2026, ending a 41-month streak of decline, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
The PPI went up 0.5 percent year on year in March, reversing a 0.9 percent drop in February, according to the NBS.
NBS statisticians attributed the turnaround mainly to imported inflationary pressures and improved supply-demand dynamics in some domestic industries.
The price of nonferrous metal mining and dressing industry increased by 36.4 percent year-on-year in March, while the price of nonferrous metal smelting and pressing industry rose by 22.4 percent.
The price of petroleum and natural gas extraction industry increased by 5.2 percent. In contrast, the prices of petroleum, coal, and other fuel processing industry, as well as chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry, declined by 4.5 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively.
In March, the prices of photovoltaic equipment and components manufacturing, as well as lithium-ion battery manufacturing, increased by 5.2 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively.
With the accelerated expansion of "AI Plus" initiative and rapid growth in demand for computing power, the price of fiber optic manufacturing rose by 76.1 percent.
On a monthly basis, the PPI increased by one percent in March, marking the sixth consecutive month of growth. The growth rate expanded by 0.6 percentage points compared to the previous month, representing the largest increase in 48 months.
The price of petroleum and natural gas extraction industry increased by 15.8 percent month-on-month in March, while the price of petroleum, coal, and other fuel processing industry rose by 5.8 percent.
The price of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 3.6 percent on a monthly basis.