According to the Ministry of Commerce monitoring, last week (April 18th to 24) 36 large and medium cities nationwide consumption of agricultural products market prices continue to fall, the circulation of production prices continued to rise in the price trend.
Increasing the amount of local vegetable market, 30 kinds of vegetables, the average price over the previous week fell by 4.9%, which green peppers, cabbage, broccoli prices were decreased 12.6%, 11.6% and 11.5%. Meat prices rose slightly, including pork prices rose 1% over the previous week, beef and mutton prices were essentially flat with the previous week. Small fluctuations in the price of eggs, the whole chicken prices than a week ago fell by 0.2%, this price rose 0.2 percent, the price of eggs and a week ago flat. Edible oil prices fluctuate slightly. The peanut oil prices fell 0.2%, oil prices rose 0.1%, rapeseed oil prices and a week ago flat. Food prices remain stable, in which rice, flour prices were flat with the previous week. The average price of aquatic products rose 0.6 percent over the last week, which large yellow croaker, Pseudosciaena polyactis, octopus and other marine fish prices were up 1.4% and 1.2% and 1.1%.
Steel prices rose 6.5% over the previous week, of which hot rolling strip, high speed wire, rebar prices rose 7.3%, 7.2% and 7%. Rubber prices rose 2.2%, of which synthetic rubber, natural rubber prices rose 2.7% and 1.7% respectively. Non-ferrous metals prices rose 1.7%, of which aluminum, nickel, copper, zinc, lead prices rose 2.6%, 2.4%, 1.6%, 1.1%, 0.1% and, respectively, the price of tin fell by 1.3%. Coal prices were flat with the previous week, where the power of coal, anthracite coal, coking coal prices were flat with the previous week. Fertilizer prices remain stable, the urea, potassium chloride and a week ago flat, ternary compound fertilizer, diammonium phosphate prices fell 0.2% and 0.1%. Basic chemical raw material prices fell 0.1 percent, where soda ash, sulfuric acid prices dropped 0.7% and 0.3%, respectively, caustic soda, benzene, methanol prices were up 0.4%, 0.2% and 0.1%.