Linyi Trade City releases August monthly price index with two categories up and eight down

The official August monthly price index of Linyi Trade City has been published, showing a general picture of “two product categories rising and eight falling” among monitored commodity sectors. The index system serves as a vital barometer reflecting domestic and foreign wholesale‑market supply‑and‑demand changes for Linyi Trade City, one of China's largest wholesale trade clusters.

The total monthly price index for August stood at 102.47 points, down 0.03 points month‑on‑month and 0.74 points year‑on‑year. Among the 14 monitored major commodity categories, two sectors saw month‑on‑month price increases, eight categories registered price declines, and the remaining four remained basically flat month‑on‑month.

Steel‑related products and lighting fixtures were the two categories with upward price movement. Steel‑product prices were lifted by stable infrastructure investment, raw‑material cost fluctuations and partial production‑reduction caused by equipment maintenance and environmental‑protection limits. The lighting‑fixture sector benefited from pre‑season procurement demand for autumn‑and‑winter renovation projects.

Lumber‑based panels, apparel & accessories, household electrical appliances, ceramics, stationery & office supplies, daily‑use articles, hardware & electrical materials and building‑decoration materials constituted the eight declining categories. Oversupply on domestic markets, weak terminal consumption and logistics‑cost swings contributed to downward pressure on respective segments.

Analysts pointed out that despite partial category‑level price fluctuations, the overall market operation of Linyi Trade City remained stable. Merchants accelerated inventory optimization and adjusted product mix toward high‑value‑added goods. Cross‑border export orders for hardware, building materials and daily‑consumer goods maintained steady growth, backed by the Going global, connecting the world. initiative.

The Linyi Trade City price‑index platform continuously tracks market quotations from thousands of market stalls. It offers data reference for market operators, manufacturing enterprises and government economic‑monitoring departments to judge market cycles and make business decisions.

Editor：韩蒙蒙