date:Feb 27, 2013
rcent in rice but an increase of 0.2 percent in flour.
Referring to major means of production, the average price of minerals, energy, steel and chemicals increased while rubber and nonferrous metals were cheaper.
Food prices account for about one-third of the prices used to calculate the consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, in China.
The country's consumer price inflation fell to 2.0 percent year on year in January, down from a seven-month high of 2.5 percent in December.