Selected non-staple food prices –33rd week of 2014
DATE:2014-08-21 SOURCE:MOA
Pork, egg prices rise for nearly two months
with new high for the latter
According to MOA's Agri-product Wholesale Market Information Network, the Nationwide Agri-product Wholesale Price Index for the 33rd week of 2014 (August 11-17, 2014) is 207.80 (year 2000=100), increasing by 1.88 points over a week ago. The Nationwide Non-staple Food Wholesale Price Index is 210.28, up by 2.34 points over a week ago. The trade volume of 60 items in 50 wholesale markets under intensive monitoring is 668,300 tons, decreasing by 1.1% compared to the previous week.
Selected non-staple food prices
33rd week of 2014
Wholesale prices
Trade
average yuan/kg
% change on the previous week
% change on the same period of last year
trade volume ton
% change on
the previous week
Animal products
Egg1
10.59
+2.2
+26.5
Pork2
19.80
+2.9
-8.4
Slaughtered chicken
14.99
+1.8
Mutton
54.84
+0.2
Beef
53.96
+0.1
Total3
15,500
b4
Aquatic products
Grass carp
14.81
+1.3
Large cutlass fish
27.29
+0.5
Crucian carp
15.11
+0.5
Large yellow croaker
35.90
+0.5
Common carp
12.48
+0.5
Big-head carp
13.13
+0.4
Silver carp
7.22
+0.1
Total3
14,800
-0.7
Vegetables5
Average of 28 vege
3.48
+3.36
Green bean
+16.7
Zucchini
+13.5
Cucumber
+10.5
Cauliflower
+10.2
Carrot
-4.2
Tomato
-4.0
Winter gourd
-3.2
Cabbage
-2.9
Others
c7
Total3
480,300
+3.2
Fruits
Average of 7 fruits
6.03
-1.3
Ya pear
5.84
-6.7
+45.5
Jufeng grape
8.28
-6.0
+5.1
Fuji apple
+2.5
+35.2
Banana
+2.2
+36.4
Others
b4
Total3
157,700
-6.3
Note:
1. The price rose for eight consecutive weeks, climbing to a new record high.
2. The price rose for seven consecutive weeks.
3. The total trade volume in 50 major wholesale markets under intensive monitoring of MOA.
4. Being equal to that of the previous week.
5. Out of the 28 items of vegetables under intensive monitoring, as to those of the previous week, the prices of 18 items rose, the price of one item remained the same, and the prices of 9 items fell.
6. The margin of average price rise was three percentage points higher than that of the previous week.
7. Change of prices was slight.