China's consumer price index (CPI) ticked up in December on the month and its year-on-year decline also narrowed, according to Dong Lijuan, chief statistician of the National Bureau of Statistics.

The core CPI deducting food and energy prices inched up 0.6% in December compared to the same period last year, maintaining a stable upward trend.

The CPI edged up 0.1% from the month prior, affected by reduced supply of fresh agricultural products due to rainfalls and snowfalls, slump in international oil prices and increased consumption demand such as traveling.

The CPI fell 0.3% year on year mainly driven by decreased pork prices, narrowing 0.2 percentage point from the previous month.

China's producer price index (PPI) ticked down 0.3% from November, owing to the decline in international oil prices and sluggish demand for industrial products. Prices of coal mining and washing industry kept flat from a month ago.

The PPI fell 2.7% from the previous year, narrowing by 0.3 percentage point. Coal mining and washing industry prices tumbled 16.5% in December, expanding by 0.7 percentage point.

(Writing by yan.sun  Editing by Harry Huo)
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