China's PPI down 0.3 pct month on month in June

Photo taken on Feb. 21, 2020 shows a workshop of a factory of Baoshan Iron Steel Co., Ltd (Baosteel) in Baoshan District in Shanghai, east China. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, fell 0.3 percent from a month earlier in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. ■