According to the Ministry of Commerce monitoring, last week (September 2-8) the national market price of edible agricultural products increased by 0.9% compared with the previous week, and the market price of means of production increased by 0.6% compared with the previous week.

_Edible Agricultural Products Market: The average wholesale price of 30 vegetables was 4.12 yuan per kilogram, which was 0.5% lower than that of the previous week. The prices of cucumber, lettuce and rape dropped by 7.5%, 7.2% and 4.9% respectively. The average wholesale price of six kinds of fruits was 7.57 yuan per kilogram, down 0.9%. Among them, the prices of apple, grape, pear, watermelon and citrus decreased by 2%, 1.8%, 1.5%, 0.4% and 0.3%, respectively. The price of banana increased by 1.9%. Wholesale meat prices slowed down, including pork, beef and mutton wholesale prices were 35.11 yuan, 63.18 yuan and 61.43 yuan per kilogram, respectively, up 1.5%, 1.8% and 1.7%, respectively. The increase was 7.4%, 0.6 and 0.2 percentage points lower than the previous week. Wholesale prices of poultry products have risen, with the price of eggs rising by 3.5% to 11.27 yuan per kilogram, and the price of white chickens rising by 4.4% to 18.68 yuan per kilogram. Wholesale prices of aquatic products rose slightly, with crucian carp, grass carp and carp rising by 1.6%, 1.5% and 1.3% respectively. Wholesale grain prices rose slightly, with rice and flour prices rising by 0.4% and 0.3%, respectively. Wholesale prices of edible oil rose slightly, with soybean oil, peanut oil and rapeseed oil rising by 0.8%, 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively.

Market of means of production: Prices of non-ferrous metals rose slightly, with zinc, copper and aluminium rising by 1.1%, 0.9% and 0.9% respectively. Steel prices rebounded slightly, including high-speed wire rod, threaded steel, ordinary medium plate and hot-rolled strip prices of 4103 yuan, 3974 yuan, 4103 yuan and 4071 yuan per ton, respectively, rising by 0.9%, 0.9%, 0.3% and 0.2%. Rubber prices rose slightly, including natural rubber and synthetic rubber prices rose by 0.7% and 0.1%, respectively. Coal prices rebounded slightly, including power coal and anthracite prices were 581 yuan and 895 yuan per ton, respectively, up 0.2%, coking coal prices were 769 yuan per ton, the same as the previous week. Fertilizer prices dropped slightly, including urea and ternary compound fertilizer prices dropped by 0.1%. Prices of basic chemical raw materials fluctuated slightly, with sulfuric acid falling by 1.8%, soda ash, polypropylene and methanol rising by 0.6%, 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively.