| Industrial Producer Purchasing Price Indices(2015) | |||||
| (preceding year=100) | |||||
| Category | Annual Average |
st Quarter |
nd Quarter |
rd Quarter |
th Quarter |
| Total Price Indices | 95.0 | 95.7 | 95.8 | 94.7 | 94.0 |
| By Primary and Intermediate Products | |||||
| Primary Products | 88.2 | 88.3 | 88.8 | 88.0 | 87.8 |
| Farm Produce | 98.7 | 99.6 | 100.2 | 98.9 | 96.3 |
| Minerals | 78.0 | 77.8 | 78.1 | 77.4 | 79.0 |
| Scrap | 92.2 | 93.5 | 92.4 | 91.4 | 91.4 |
| Intermediate Products | 97.1 | 98.0 | 97.9 | 96.8 | 95.8 |
| By Nine Categories of Raw Material | |||||
| Fuel and Power | 88.1 | 88.8 | 88.9 | 87.3 | 87.4 |
| Ferrous Metals | 89.6 | 90.5 | 90.1 | 89.2 | 88.5 |
| Steel | 96.8 | 97.1 | 97.9 | 96.5 | 95.4 |
| Others | 82.5 | 84.2 | 82.5 | 82.0 | 81.3 |
| Nonferrous Metals | 92.4 | 94.7 | 94.5 | 90.8 | 89.6 |
| Raw Chemical Materials | 95.7 | 96.6 | 96.7 | 95.7 | 93.8 |
| Timber and Paper Pulp | 98.1 | 98.6 | 97.8 | 97.9 | 98.2 |
| Building Materials and Nonmetal Ores | 96.7 | 97.6 | 97.2 | 96.5 | 95.5 |
| Other Industrial Raw Materials and | 98.7 | 99.1 | 99.1 | 98.5 | 98.0 |
| Semi-finished Products | |||||
| Agricultural Products | 98.7 | 99.6 | 100.2 | 98.9 | 96.2 |
| Textile Materials | 98.9 | 98.4 | 98.9 | 99.0 | 99.3 |