Selected non-staple food prices –35th week of 2014

　

Selected non-staple food prices –35th week of 2014

　

Pork &vegetable prices continue rising

 

According to MOA's Agri-product Wholesale Market Information Network, the Nationwide Agri-product Wholesale Price Index for the 35^th week of 2014 (August 25-31, 2014) is 210.15 (year 2000=100), up by 0.70 point over the previous week. The Nationwide Non-staple Food Wholesale Price Index is 212.90, up by 0.71 point over the previous week. The trade volume of 60 items in 50 wholesale markets under intensive monitoring is 687,700 tons, down by 0.3% compared to the previous week.

 

Selected non-staple food prices

35^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

20.24

+0.8

 

 

Egg ²

11.26

+2.2³

 

 

Slaughtered chicken

15.33

+2.4

 

 

Beef

54.31

+0.7

 

 

Mutton

54.79

+0.1

 

 

Total⁴

 

 

15,200

-3.8

Aquatic products

 

 

 

 

Grass carp

14.32

-1.3

 

 

Big-head carp

13.10

-0.6

 

 

Large cutlass fish

27.64

-0.4

 

 

Crucian carp

15.00

-0.3

 

 

Silver carp

7.26

+1.3

 

 

Large yellow croaker

36.11

+0.5

 

 

Common carp

12.43

+0.3

 

 

Total⁴

 

 

15,600

-1.2

Vegetables

 

 

 

 

Average of 28 vege⁵

3.58⁶

+1.4

 

 

Lettuce root

 

+7.3⁷

 

 

Zucchini

 

+7.0⁷

 

 

Lettuce

 

+6.5⁷

 

 

Eggplant

 

+6.3⁷

 

 

Tomato

 

+5.1⁷

 

 

Lotus root

 

-3.4

 

 

Mushroom

 

-3.3

 

 

Pumpkin

 

-3.2

 

 

Others

 

 

 

 

Total⁴

 

 

505,700

+0.1

Fruits

 

 

 

 

Average of 7 fruits⁸

5.78

-1.5

 

 

Watermelon

 

-7.1

 

 

Jufeng grape

 

-6.2

 

 

Pineapple

 

+6.4

 

 

Others

 

c⁹

 

 

Total⁴

 

 

151,200

-1.0

 

 

Note:

1.　　  The pork price rose for nine consecutive weeks, 8.1% lowerthan that of the same period last year.

2.　　  The egg price rose for ten consecutive weeks, 27.9% higherthan that of the same period last year.

3.　　  The growth rate was 1.9 percentage points lower than that of the previous week.

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

5.　　  19 of the 28 vegetable items witnessed price increase and the other 9 items saw price drop.

6.　　  The average price of vegetables was 2.2% lowerthan that of the same period last year. The price rose for five consecutive weeks, up by a total of 7 percentage points.

7.　　  Rose by over 5%.

8.　　  The average price of fruits was 14.5% higherthan that of the same period last year.

9.　　  Change of the prices was slight.