The wholesale price index for basket products was 20 on December 16, 2014.

The wholesale price index for “basket” products was 205.79, down 0.13 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, the average price of pork at wholesale markets for agricultural products nationwide was 19.04 yuan/kg (the pork wholesale price index was 169.03), down 0.3% from yesterday;

Beef 54.47 yuan/kg, unchanged from yesterday;

Mutton 54.34 yuan/kg, up 0.1% from yesterday;

Eggs 10.04 yuan/kg, down 0.2% from yesterday;

Dressed chicken 15.03 yuan/kg, down 0.2% from yesterday.

The average price of 28 key monitored vegetables was 3.85 yuan/kg (the vegetable wholesale price index was 203.86), down 0.5% from yesterday;

The average price of 7 key monitored fruits was 5.39 yuan/kg, down 0.4% from yesterday.

The average price of crucian carp was 13.69 yuan/kg, down 1.2% from yesterday;

Common carp 11.87 yuan/kg, down 0.1% from yesterday;

Silver carp 6.99 yuan/kg, unchanged from yesterday;

Largehead hairtail 28.11 yuan/kg, down 1.3% from yesterday.

Today, among the 60 varieties key monitored at wholesale markets for fresh and live agricultural products nationwide, compared with yesterday, the top five price increases were: ya pears, tangerines, pumpkins, winter melons and rapeseed, with increases of 3.4%, 2.7%, 2.3%, 2.3% and 2.1% respectively; the top five price decreases were: pineapples, grass carp, yardlong beans, shiitake mushrooms and Kyoho grapes, with decreases of 3.0%, 2.6%, 2.5%, 2.1% and 1.8% respectively.