China’s late-September bulletin shows chemical input rises and agricultural declines
China’s National Bureau of Statistics said prices rose for 22 of 50 monitored industrial and agricultural inputs in the final 10 days of September compared with the previous 10-day period. Five were unchanged and 23 fell.
Event / data period: 2026-09
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Glacial acetic acid rose 10.5%, pure benzene 6.1% and methanol 3.0%. These changes for selected chemical inputs compare monitored circulation prices in Sept. 21–30, 2026 with Sept. 11–20.
Urea prices fell 1.3% and phosphate fertilizer 3.8%. Corn declined 2.0%, live hogs 3.7% and liquefied natural gas 0.6%; the monitored series does not measure final consumer prices.
Data
China’s late-September bulletin shows chemical input rises and agricultural declines
China’s National Bureau of Statistics said prices rose for 22 of 50 monitored industrial and agricultural inputs in the final 10 days of September compared with the previous 10-day period. Five were unchanged and 23 fell.
| Glacial acetic acid | China | 2026-09 | 10.5 |
| Pure benzene | China | 2026-09 | 6.1 |
| Methanol | China | 2026-09 | 3 |
| Urea | China | 2026-09 | -1.3 |
| Phosphate fertilizer | China | 2026-09 | -3.8 |
| Corn | China | 2026-09 | -2 |
| Live hogs | China | 2026-09 | -3.7 |
| Liquefied natural gas | China | 2026-09 | -0.6 |
| Copper | China | 2026-09 | 2.7 |
| Aluminum | China | 2026-09 | 0.1 |
| Zinc | China | 2026-09 | 1.3 |
| Lead | China | 2026-09 | 2.1 |
Methodology
Price changes compare Sept 21–30, 2026 with Sept 11–20; product prices are within the national circulation monitoring system.
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