China's agricultural product wholesale prices edge down

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

The latest China agricultural product wholesale price index came in at 117.63, down 0.14 points from Thursday.

By 2 pm Friday, the average wholesale price of pork, a staple meat in China, went up 0.5 percent to 39.37 yuan ($5.94) per kg, and that of eggs went up 0.4 percent to 7.73 yuan per kg.

The average wholesale prices of 28 key types of vegetables tracked by the government lost 0.2 percent, while that of six different types of fruits rose 1.3 percent.

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