date:Apr 17, 2014
, a researcher at the Bank of Communications, attributed the continued monthly CPI growth partly to the so-called carryover effect, as the prices a year earlier remained at a relatively low level.
Bucking the trend, prices of poultry and meat declined in March year on year, with the price of pork, China's staple meat, down 6.7 per cent.
Prices of non-food products and services edged up 1.5 per cent in March from a year ago, boosted by prices of utilities including electricity and gas, tours an