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China's agricultural product wholesale prices edge down

Xinhua | Updated: 2020-07-15 17:35
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A citizen buys vegetables at a supermarket in Handan, Hebei Province, on Jan 9, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING -- The wholesale prices of China's agricultural products edged down Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

The latest China agricultural product wholesale price index came in at 116.08, down 0.21 points from Tuesday.

By 2 pm, Wednesday, the average wholesale price of pork, a staple meat in China, stayed unchanged at 48.8 yuan ($6.97) per kg, while eggs gained 2.5 percent to 6.63 yuan per kg.

The average wholesale price of 28 key types of vegetables tracked by the government was down 1.4 percent from Tuesday, while six different types of fruits saw average price down by 0.9 percent.

The wholesale price index is compiled from data collected from around 200 agricultural wholesale markets and is updated daily based on the weighted average of price indices for goods including vegetables, fruit, aquatic products, livestock products, cereals, and edible vegetable oil.

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