Selected non-staple agri-food prices – 30th week of 2015
DATE:2015-08-06 SOURCE:MOA
Pork price continues to rise slightly while egg's price-rise increases
According to MOA's Agri-product Wholesale Market Information Network, the Nationwide Agri-product Wholesale Price Index for the 30th week of 2015 (July 27- August 2, 2015) is 207.78 (year 2000=100), increasing by 2.76 points from the previous week. The Nationwide Non-staple Agri-food Wholesale Price Index is 209.71, increasing by 3.16 points from the previous week. The trade volume of 60 items in 50 intensively monitored wholesale markets is 606,300 tons, decreasing by 3.0% from the previous week.
Selected non-staple agri-food prices
30th week of 2015
Wholesale prices
Trade
Average (yuan/kg)
Weekly change (%)
Year-on-year change (%)
Trade volume (ton)
Weekly change (%)
Animal products
Pork1
23.35
+2.4
+22.6
Beef
53.94
-0.1
+0.2
Mutton
48.59
-0.3
-11.6
Egg
7.67
+6.2
-25.0
Slaughtered chicken
14.52
+0.2
-1.0
Total
16,900
-2.9
Aquatic products
Grass carp
12.42
-1.2
Large cutlass fish
27.78
-0.5
Common carp
13.47
-0.4
Silver carp
7.13
-0.4
Crucian carp
14.75
-0.1
Large yellow croaker
41.29
+3.6
Big-head carp
13.19
+1.5
Total
14,100
-4.1
Vegetables2
Average of 28 vegetables
3.58
+1.7
+6.5
Spinach
+14.1
Lettuce
+10.0
Cole
+8.4
Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
+6.3
Potato
0
Lotus root
-4.2
Others3
Total
425,100
-3.4
Fruits
Average of 7 fruits
5.33
-2.7
-16.6
Jufeng grape
-12.8
Watermelon
+2.9
Pineapple
+2.3
Fuji apple
+2.0
Banana
+0.2
Total
137,500
-0.4
Note:
1. The price rose slightly for 17 consecutive weeks.
2. Out of the 28 intensively monitored vegetables, 15 witnessed price increase, 12 saw price drop, and 1 remained the same with the previous week.
3. The price change was within 5%.