(ECNS) -- China's consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.7% in October from a year earlier, while the average for the first 10 months of 2026 was up 0.9%, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday.
Food prices fell 2.9% in October from a year earlier, while non-food prices rose 1.5%. Consumer goods prices increased 0.8%, and service prices rose 0.7%.
The CPI was unchanged from September. Food prices fell 1.0%, while non-food prices rose 0.2%. Consumer goods prices declined 0.1%, and service prices increased 0.1%.
Food, tobacco and alcohol prices, including dining services, fell 1.6% from a year earlier, lowering the CPI by about 0.48 percentage points. Fresh vegetable prices dropped 16.9%, while fresh fruit prices fell 3.8%. Prices of meat products declined 2.7%, including an 8.6% drop in pork prices. Egg prices rose 10.1%.
Among the other seven major categories, prices in six rose and one fell from a year earlier. Transportation and communication prices increased 5.5%, health care prices rose 2.4%, and prices for other goods and services increased 1.8%. Education, culture and recreation prices rose 1.5%, clothing prices increased 1.1%, and household goods and services prices rose 0.2%. Housing prices fell 0.3%.
From September, food, tobacco and alcohol prices, including dining services, fell 0.5%. Fresh vegetable prices declined 5.8%, egg prices fell 5.2%, and aquatic product prices dropped 1.3%. Meat prices were unchanged, while pork prices fell 1.0%.
Among the other seven major categories, three rose, two remained unchanged and two declined from September. Transportation and communication prices increased 1.0%, education, culture and recreation prices rose 0.3% and health care prices increased 0.1%. Clothing and housing prices were unchanged, while prices for other goods and services fell 1.1% and household goods and services declined 0.2%.
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