According to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the national "Agricultural Product Wholesale Price 200 Index" stood at 115.83 on May 9th, marking a decrease of 0.21 points from the previous day. The wholesale price index for the "vegetable basket" product category was 116.36, down by 0.25 points.
As of 14:00 today, the national average wholesale price for pork was 14.82 yuan per kilogram, a decline of 2.8% from yesterday. Beef was priced at 65.96 yuan/kg, down 0.9%. Mutton saw a slight increase of 0.5% to 64.68 yuan/kg. The price for eggs remained unchanged at 8.82 yuan/kg, while the price for dressed chicken fell by 2.2% to 16.85 yuan/kg.
The average price for 28 key monitored vegetable varieties was 4.25 yuan/kg, showing a marginal increase of 0.2%. The average price for 6 key monitored fruit varieties held steady at 7.66 yuan/kg.
For aquatic products, the price for crucian carp rose by 0.7% to 20.31 yuan/kg. Carp prices decreased slightly by 0.1% to 14.99 yuan/kg. The price for silver carp saw a significant drop of 5.1% to 10.11 yuan/kg, while large hairtail prices increased by 0.5% to 41.68 yuan/kg.
Among the 46 key monitored varieties in the national fresh agricultural product wholesale markets today, the top five items with the largest price increases compared to yesterday were spinach, onion, scallion, Chinese cabbage, and garlic, with increases of 3.4%, 2.3%, 2.3%, 2.1%, and 2.0%, respectively. The top five items with the largest price decreases were silver carp, pork, cabbage, bighead carp, and dressed chicken, with decreases of 5.1%, 2.8%, 2.7%, 2.4%, and 2.2%, respectively.
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