Market for edible agricultural products:
The average wholesale price of 30 vegetables was $5. 12 per kilogram, an increase of 7. 8 per cent over the previous week, including 27. 3 per cent for vegetable flowers, 19 per cent for cucumbers and 12. 3 per cent for beans。
The average wholesale price of aquatic products continued to rise, with the prices of carp, catfish and grassfish rising by 2. 7 per cent, 1. 9 per cent and 1. 8 per cent, respectively。
Wholesale prices for poultry products are mainly higher, with eggs and white chickens at $9. 71 and $16. 46 per kilogram, respectively, representing an increase of 1 per cent over the previous week; and white ducks at $17. 93 per kilogram, a decrease of 0. 3 per cent。
Wholesale prices of edible oil rose slightly, with peanut oils and vegetableseed oils rising by 0. 6 per cent and 0. 4 per cent, respectively, and soy oil prices were flat. Wholesale food prices rose slightly, with flour and rice prices rising by 0. 3 per cent and 0. 2 per cent, respectively。
Wholesale prices for meat fluctuated slightly, with the prices of lamb and beef increasing by 1. 2 per cent and 1. 1 per cent, respectively, at $50. 34 and $53. 26 per kilogram, respectively, and the price of pork at $21. 59 per kilogram, a decrease of 0. 8 per cent。
Market of means of production:
The price of non-ferrous metals decreased by 1. 5 per cent over the previous week, with prices of copper, lead, zinc, nickel and aluminium falling by 2. 2 per cent, 1. 7 per cent, 1. 4 per cent, 1. 1 per cent and 0. 6 per cent, respectively, and prices of tin rising by 0. 3 per cent。
Prices of basic chemical materials declined by 0. 6 per cent, with prices of methanol, sulphuric acid and pure alkali falling by 1. 1 per cent, 0. 9 per cent and 0. 3 per cent, respectively, and the price of burning alkali remained stable。
The price of fertilizer rose by 0. 1 per cent, of which the prices of urea and triple compound fertilizer rose by 0. 2 per cent and 0. 1 per cent, respectively, and the prices of potassium chloride and ammonium phosphate remained the same as in the previous week。
The price of steel rose by 0. 2 per cent, with thermal rollers, high-speed wires, ordinary round and screwd steel prices of $4170, $4158, $4163 and $4080, respectively, rising by 0. 5 per cent, 0. 3 per cent, 0. 2 per cent and 0. 2 per cent, respectively。
The price of coal rose by 0. 2 per cent, from $879, $623 and $768 per ton, to 0. 2 per cent, 0. 2 per cent and 0. 1 per cent, respectively。
The price of rubber rose by 0. 4 per cent, with the price of synthetic rubber rising by 1. 9 per cent and the price of natural rubber falling by 0. 7 per cent。
