The October 19 Agricultural Wholesale Price 200 Index came in at 112.33, a decline of 0.55 points compared with last Friday, according to monitoring data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
The "Vegetable Basket" Product Wholesale Price Index stood at 112.04, down 0.71 points from last Friday.
As of 14:00 today, the average wholesale price of pork across markets nationwide was 15.74 yuan per kilogram, up 0.3% from last Friday.
The price of beef was 73.61 yuan per kilogram, unchanged from last Friday, while mutton held steady at 67.84 yuan per kilogram.
Eggs were priced at 9.56 yuan per kilogram, down 0.5% from last Friday, and dressed chicken fell 1.6% to 16.98 yuan per kilogram.
The average price of 28 key monitored vegetable varieties was 4.21 yuan per kilogram, a drop of 2.3% from last Friday, while the average price of 6 key monitored fruit varieties rose 1.5% to 6.76 yuan per kilogram.
Among aquatic products, crucian carp climbed 0.3% to 19.48 yuan per kilogram, common carp slipped 0.2% to 13.88 yuan per kilogram, silver carp gained 0.4% to 10.13 yuan per kilogram, and large hairtail jumped 3.5% to 43.08 yuan per kilogram.
Among the 46 varieties of fresh agricultural products closely tracked at wholesale markets nationwide, the five largest price increases compared with last Friday were Kyoho grapes, watermelons, large hairtail, bananas, and bighead carp, rising 5.0%, 4.1%, 3.5%, 1.0%, and 0.5% respectively.
The five largest price declines were spinach, celery, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, and lettuce, which fell 5.9%, 5.8%, 5.4%, 5.2%, and 4.7% respectively.
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