BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's producer price index, which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, rose 3.6 percent year on year in September, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Tuesday.

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The growth slowed from the 4.1-percent gain in August.

Meanwhile, China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.5 percent year on year in September, compared with 2.3 percent for August, NBS data shows.