Edible agricultural product prices rose more slowly last week, Ministry of Commerce data shows

According to monitoring by the Ministry of Commerce, last week (December 7-13) the rate of price increases for edible agricultural products in 36 large and medium-sized cities nationwide slowed.

Last week, the average price of 18 kinds of vegetables rose 0.7% from the previous week, with the increase narrowing by 4.7 percentage points from the previous week, among which the prices of lettuce, onions and tomatoes rose 5.3%, 3.7% and 2.7% respectively.

Poultry and egg prices fluctuated slightly, among which the price of eggs rose 0.7% and the price of dressed chicken fell 0.2%.

Meat prices fluctuated slightly, among which the price of pork rose 0.2%, the price of beef was flat compared with the previous week, and the price of mutton fell 0.4%.

Grain prices were generally stable, among which the prices of rice and flour were both flat compared with the previous week.

Edible oil prices fluctuated slightly, among which the price of soybean oil rose 0.1%, and the prices of peanut oil and rapeseed oil were both flat compared with the previous week.

The average price of aquatic products fell 0.2%, among which the prices of grass carp and crucian carp both fell 0.7% compared with the previous week.