September 29, 2015 National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index Changes

According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on September 29 the “National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index” was 203.82, down 0.37 points from yesterday, among which the “Vegetable Basket” Products Wholesale Price Index was 205.15, down 0.48 points from yesterday.

As of 14:00 today, the average price of pork at the national agricultural products wholesale market was 23.70 yuan/kg (the pork wholesale price index was 182.00), down 0.6% from yesterday;

Beef was 53.93 yuan/kg, up 0.1% from yesterday;

Mutton was 47.38 yuan/kg, up 0.2% from yesterday;

Eggs were 8.70 yuan/kg, down 0.2% from yesterday;

Dressed chicken was 14.73 yuan/kg, up 0.8% from yesterday.

The average price of the 28 key monitored vegetables was 3.47 yuan/kg (the vegetable wholesale price index was 217.35), up 0.6% from yesterday;

The average price of the 7 key monitored fruits was 4.84 yuan/kg, down 0.2% from yesterday.

The average price of crucian carp was 14.63 yuan/kg, up 1.6% from yesterday;

Common carp was 12.66 yuan/kg, up 1.0% from yesterday;

Silver carp was 6.89 yuan/kg, up 2.4% from yesterday;

Largehead hairtail was 28.94 yuan/kg, down 0.4% from yesterday.

Today, among the 60 varieties monitored in the domestic fresh agricultural products wholesale market, compared with yesterday, the top five price increases were: silver carp, scallion, rapeseed, onion, and Chinese chives, with increases of 2.4%, 2.2%, 2.1%, 1.9%, and 1.7% respectively; the top five price decreases were: large yellow croaker, cucumber, eggplant, Kyoho grape, and cabbage, with decreases of 2.4%, 2.3%, 2.2%, 2.1%, and 1.3% respectively.