Edible agricultural product prices were generally stable last week, Ministry of Commerce data shows

According to monitoring by the Ministry of Commerce, last week (August 31 to September 6), the market prices of edible agricultural products in 36 large and medium-sized cities nationwide remained generally stable, while prices of means of production in the circulation sector continued to fall.

Last week, poultry and egg prices rose slightly, with the prices of eggs and dressed chicken rising 1.3% and 0.7% respectively. The average price of 18 kinds of vegetables rose 0.5% from the previous week, among which the prices of lettuce, garlic and rapeseed greens rose 8.1%, 4.2% and 4.2% respectively. Meat prices rose and fell, with beef and mutton prices rising 0.4% and 0.1% respectively, while pork prices fell 0.2%. Grain prices ran steadily, with the prices of rice and flour both unchanged from the previous week. Edible oil prices fluctuated slightly, with rapeseed oil prices falling 0.2%, soybean oil prices unchanged, and peanut oil prices rising 0.2%. The average price of aquatic products fell 0.7%, among which the prices of silver carp, common carp and small yellow croaker fell 1.5%, 1.4% and 1.4% respectively.

Last week, the prices of basic chemical raw materials fell 1% from the previous week, among which the prices of pure benzene and methanol fell 2.2% and 1.7% respectively. Rubber prices fell 0.7%, with natural rubber and synthetic rubber prices falling 1% and 0.4% respectively. Steel prices fell 0.7%, with rebar and I-beam prices falling 1% and 0.9% respectively. Nonferrous metal prices fell 0.2%, among which the prices of tin, aluminum, nickel and zinc fell 0.9%, 0.7%, 0.4% and 0.3% respectively, while lead and copper prices rose 0.3% and 0.1% respectively. Coal prices fell 0.2%, with thermal coal and anthracite prices falling 0.2% and 0.1% respectively, while coking coal prices were unchanged. Fertilizer prices rose 0.1%, among which the prices of ternary compound fertilizer, potassium chloride and diammonium phosphate rose 0.5%, 0.4% and 0.1% respectively, while urea prices remained stable.