Global Silicone Network News: On May 11, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that in April 2021, the factory price of industrial producers nationwide increased by 6.8% year-on-year and 0.9% month-on-month; the purchase price of industrial producers increased by 9.0 year-on-year. %, up 1.3% month-on-month. On average from January to April, the ex-factory prices for industrial producers rose by 3.3% over the same period last year, and the purchasing prices for industrial producers rose by 4.3%. Among them, the prices of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing increased by 17.5% year-on-year and 2.1% month-on-month.
In general, with the steady recovery of domestic consumer demand and industrial production in April, the prices of international bulk commodities such as iron ore and non-ferrous metals rose, and prices in the production sector continued to rise.