date:Feb 05, 2013
factory-gate measurement of inflation, may fall 1.7 percent year on year in January, narrowing from December's drop of 1.9 percent, Lu said.
Tang Jianwei, an economist at the Bank of Communications, said a higher comparative base also helped moderate inflation.
The CPI hit the highest level last year when it climbed 4.5 percent in January.
Both economists said the data for exports and imports would continue to be good looking but they attributed this to more working days last month as the Lun