Selected non-staple agri-food prices – 8th week of 2016
DATE:2016-03-03 SOURCE:MOA
Pork, egg and vegetable prices drop
According to MOA's Agri-product Wholesale Market Information Network, the Nationwide Agri-product Wholesale Price Index for the 8th week of 2016 (February 22-28, 2015) is 224.27 (year 2000=100), decreasing by 5.73 points from the previous week. The Nationwide Non-staple Agri-food Wholesale Price Index is 230.02, decreasing by 6.79 points from the previous week. The trade volume of 60 items in 50 intensively monitored wholesale markets is 504,500 tons, increasing by 0.6% from the previous week.
Selected non-staple agri-food prices
8th week of 2016
Wholesale prices
Trade
Average (yuan/kg)
Weekly change (%)
Year-on-year change (%)
Trade volume (ton)
Weekly change (%)
Animal products
Pork
24.44
-2.8
+34.1
Beef
54.06
-0.5
-0.4
Mutton
46.90
0
-10.6
Egg
7.68
-7.0
-14.0
Slaughtered chicken
15.34
-1.3
-0.8
Total
23,700
+8.2
Aquatic products
Big-head carp
12.22
-3.0
Large cutlass fish
30.26
-2.6
Common carp
12.04
-2.1
Silver carp
6.70
-1.0
Large yellow croaker
40.85
-1.0
Grass carp
12.24
-0.5
Crucian carp
14.25
-0.4
Total
12,500
+9.6
Vegetables1
Average of 28 vegetables
5.38
-4.1
+18.0
Spinach
-13.2
Chinese chive
-11.5
Cucumber
-10.9
Cole
-10.3
Tomato
-9.9
Lotus root
-8.0
Cauliflower
-7.3
Mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
-6.8
Lettuce
-5.2
Garlic
0
Wax gourd
+8.4
Onion
+6.1
Others2
Total
398,300
-0.7
Fruits
Average of 7 fruits
5.21
0
-17.4
Jufeng grape
+2.4
Watermelon
+0.9
Banana
0
Pineapple
-2.3
Fuji apple
-1.7
Total
59,700
+8.0
Note:
1. Out of the 28 intensively monitored vegetables, 6 witnessed price increase, 21 saw price drop, and 1 remained the same with the previous week.
2. The price change was within 5%.