Selected non-staple agri-food prices – 13th week of 2016
DATE:2016-04-08 SOURCE:MOA
Pork price rises slightly for 4 consecutive weeks
According to MOA's Agri-product Wholesale Market Information Network, the Nationwide Agri-product Wholesale Price Index for the 13th week of 2016 (March 28- April 3, 2016) is 229.46 (year 2000=100), increasing by 1.01 points from the previous week. The Nationwide Non-staple Agri-food Wholesale Price Index is 236.32, increasing by 1.12 points from the previous week. The trade volume of 60 items in 50 intensively monitored wholesale markets is 536,200 tons, decreasing by 0.8% from the previous week.
Selected non-staple agri-food prices
13th week of 2016
Wholesale prices
Trade
Average (yuan/kg)
Weekly change (%)
Year-on-year change (%)
Trade volume (ton)
Weekly change (%)
Animal products
Pork
25.67
+1.0
+48.0
Beef
53.50
-0.2
-0.9
Mutton
45.92
-0.2
-11.7
Egg
7.20
+0.7
-7.1
Slaughtered chicken
15.31
-0.7
+2.8
Total
23,800
-2.5
Aquatic products
Common carp
11.49
-1.8
Silver carp
6.54
-1.4
Grass carp
11.97
-1.0
Large cutlass fish
30.68
-0.6
Crucian carp
14.23
-0.4
Large yellow croaker
41.35
+0.9
Big-head carp
12.35
+0.7
Total
13,600
+3.0
Vegetables1
Average of 28 vegetables
5.46
-1.1
+44.4
Chinese chive
-8.0
Green pepper
-7.3
Cucumber
-7.1
Zucchini
-6.5
Lettuce
-6.4
Spinach
-5.9
Lettuce root
-5.6
Eggplant
-5.6
Green bean
-5.2
Turnip
+13.0
Wax gourd
+12.9
Carrot
+8.5
Cauliflower
+7.8
Potato
+5.8
Others2
Total
394,800
-1.7
Fruits
Average of 7 fruits
5.23
-0.4
-12.4
Watermelon
+6.3
Banana
+0.1
Jufeng grape
-2.5
Pineapple
-1.5
Fuji apple
6.04
-1.1
-28.8
Total
94,800
+0.9
Note:
1. Out of the 28 intensively monitored vegetables, 11 witnessed price increase, 17 saw price drop.
2. The price change was within 5%.