Nationwide supply of agricultural and sideline products is ample, with prices falling in most regions

According to a report by China National Radio's "News and Newspaper Summary," during the National Day holiday, the supply of agricultural and sideline products nationwide was ample, prices were stable, and prices fell in most regions.

According to monitoring by the national agricultural and sideline products and agricultural inputs price quotation system, as the National Day holiday began, the supply of major agricultural and sideline products continued to increase across the country, and prices of basic agricultural and sideline products such as cooking oil, grain, meat and eggs tended to stabilize. After pure peanut oil and soybean oil experienced increases of more than 20% since August, their prices have now stabilized. Guo Aimin, a researcher with the national agricultural and sideline products and agricultural inputs price quotation system, analyzed that another significant rise in grain and oil prices is unlikely: "During the National Day holiday, most people generally arrange to travel, so demand for agricultural and sideline products is even a bit lower than during some traditional festivals, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival."

As for pork, with demand declining after the Mid-Autumn Festival and supply increasing, prices have fallen back. Liu Tong, a researcher in the statistics department of the Beijing Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, said in conjunction with statistical data: "Our current pork price is 11 yuan 5 mao per jin, that is, for dressed pigs. At the highest point we reached 12 yuan 3 mao 5, before the Mid-Autumn Festival. But before the National Day holiday, this price fell by more than 8 mao per jin, a fairly obvious decline."

During the holiday period, domestic egg prices also began to fall. Monitoring data show that the number of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities with prices below 5 yuan/jin increased from 2 at the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival to 8: "We have seen in some farmers' markets that a while ago the eggs were mostly quite large, all laid by old hens, while now those sold are generally medium and small sizes, which proves that newly replenished hens have also entered their peak laying period. According to the data we monitor, egg prices have indeed been falling since the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Egg prices at the Beijing Xinfadi Wholesale Market also confirm this data: "Egg prices have dropped quite a lot compared with a while ago. Our highest price, before the Mid-Autumn Festival, our wholesale price reached 5 yuan 6 fen, and now it is 4 yuan 2 mao 4, a drop of 8 mao per jin, indicating that egg supply is fairly ample."

Since the beginning of autumn, leafy vegetables have grown quickly, market supply has increased significantly, and with various measures taken in different regions before the National Day holiday to actively stabilize prices, vegetable prices nationwide are steady with a slight decline, especially in the Beijing area: "The price of cilantro is 1 yuan, small rapeseed is 3 or 4 mao, small spinach is below 1 yuan, after reaching 2 yuan 5 or 3 yuan a while ago. In addition, several kinds of vegetables have encountered difficulties in being sold. For example, onions and potatoes are relatively low in price. For example, Chinese yam, at this time last year it had to sell for 5 or 6 yuan per jin, and now it is only a little more than 1 yuan."