In April, consumer price index rose by 8.5 percent over the same period of the previous year. Of which, urban area and rural area was up by 8.1%and 9.3% respectively; the price of foodstuff, non-foodstuff, consumable and services expanded 22.1, 1.8, 10.6, and 1.7% respectively. Compared with March, CPI increased 0.1% slightly; the foodstuff was down by 0.1%, of the total, fresh vegetable and fresh eggs declined 9.2 and 0.5% respectively. |