Changes in the National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index on December 26, 2014

According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on December 26 the “National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index” was 208.17, down 0.64 points from yesterday, of which the “Vegetable Basket” Product Wholesale Price Index was 210.58, down 0.66 points from yesterday.

As of 14:00 today, the average price of pork at the national agricultural wholesale market was 19.09 yuan/kg (the pork wholesale price index was 167.91), down 0.4% from yesterday;

Beef was 54.68 yuan/kg, down 0.1% from yesterday;

Mutton was 53.89 yuan/kg, basically flat compared with yesterday;

Eggs were 9.74 yuan/kg, down 0.6% from yesterday;

Dressed chicken was 15.14 yuan/kg, down 0.1% from yesterday.

The average price of the 28 key monitored vegetables was 3.95 yuan/kg (the vegetable wholesale price index was 215.19), down 1.0% from yesterday;

The average price of the 7 key monitored fruits was 5.53 yuan/kg, up 0.7% from yesterday.

The average price of crucian carp was 13.58 yuan/kg, down 2.4% from yesterday;

Common carp was 11.81 yuan/kg, down 0.4% from yesterday;

Silver carp was 6.98 yuan/kg, down 1.1% from yesterday;

Large hairtail was 27.54 yuan/kg, up 1.7% from yesterday.

Today, among the 60 varieties monitored as key items at domestic fresh agricultural product wholesale markets, compared with yesterday the top five price increases were: tangerines, pineapples, watermelons, cauliflower and cabbage, with increases of 3.9%, 3.9%, 3.7%, 2.5% and 2.4% respectively; the top five price decreases were: cucumbers, ginger, scallions, carrots and crucian carp, with decreases of 4.1%, 3.6%, 2.4%, 2.4% and 2.4% respectively.