Selected non-staple food prices –38th week of 2014

　

Selected non-staple food prices –38th week of 2014

　

Prices of most vegetable increase slightly

 

According to MOA's Agri-product Wholesale Market Information Network, the fresh agri-product prices for the 38^th week of 2014 (Sept. 15-21, 2014) maintain stable in general and the wholesale prices of most agri-products witness slight increase. The trade volume of 60 items in 50 wholesale markets under intensive monitoring is 608,000 tons, down by 4.5% compared to the previous week.

 

Selected non-staple food prices

38^th week of 2014

 

 

Wholesale prices

Trade

Average (yuan/kg)

Change on the previous week (%)

Trade volume (ton)

Change on

the previous week (%)

Animal products

 

 

 

 

Pork ¹

20.22

b²

 

 

Egg³

11.23

+0.1

 

 

Slaughtered chicken⁴

15.91

+3.0

 

 

Beef⁵

54.43

+0.3

 

 

Mutton⁶

55.07

+0.3

 

 

Total⁷

 

 

16,100

+1.2

Aquatic products

 

 

 

 

Crucian carp

15.25

+2.1

 

 

Common carp

12.64

+1.8

 

 

Grass carp

14.37

+1.1

 

 

Silver carp

7.17

+0.4

 

 

Big-head carp

12.91

-2.0

 

 

Large yellow croaker

36.11

-1.0

 

 

Large cutlass fish

27.52

-0.6

 

 

Total⁷

 

 

14,900

-5.1

Vegetables

 

 

 

 

Average of 28 vege⁸

3.63⁹

+2.5

 

 

Cucumber

 

+10.2

 

 

Winter gourd

 

+9.4

 

 

Cabbage

 

+8.8

 

 

Eggplant

 

+7.9

 

 

Chinese chive

 

+6.8

 

 

Cauliflower

 

-6.7

 

 

Spinach

 

-4.2

 

 

Lettuce

 

-1.3

 

 

Others

 

r¹⁰

 

 

Total⁷

 

 

482,000

-0.7

Fruits

 

 

 

 

Average of 7 fruits

5.62

+0.2

 

 

Watermelon

1.53

+9.3

 

 

Pineapple

4.66

+5.7

 

 

Ya pear

4.94

-4.6

 

 

Fuji apple

8.42

-1.5

 

 

Others

 

d¹¹

 

 

Total⁷

 

 

95,000

-20.8

 

 

Note:

1.　　  The pork price was 8.2% lowerthan that of the same period last year.

2.　　  Being equal to that of the previous week.

3.　　  The egg price was 19.5% higherthan that of the same period last year.

4.　　  The price of slaughtered chicken was 11.1% higherthan that of the same period last year.

5.　　  The beef price was 4.3% higherthan that of the same period last year.

6.　　  The mutton price was 2.5% higherthan that of the same period last year.

7.　　  The total trade volume in 50 major wholesale markets under intensive monitoring of MOA.

8.　　  The average price of vegetables was 1.1% lowerthan that of the same period last year.

9.　　  25 of the 28 vegetable items witnessed price increase.

10.Rose at rates of less than 5%.

11.Dropped at different rates.