Pork prices dropped for the first time in three months, aquatic products rose for 12 consecutive weeks

Zhou Wangjun, deputy director of the price division of the National Development and Reform Commission, said on July 22 that pork prices may fall sharply after next spring, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce on July 26. Last week (July) From the 18th to the 24th, the price of pork in edible agricultural products monitored by the Ministry of Commerce decreased by 0.2% from last week (the same below). This was the first weekly price drop in May when pork prices rose.

According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, pork prices decreased by 0.2%, but lamb, beef, and chilled chickens rose by 1.0%, 0.6%, and 0.4%, respectively, due to a slight increase in pork market supply and a weak market demand. The retail price of eggs rose by 0.6%.

The latest monitoring data from the Ministry of Commerce showed that the price of pork rose by 0.2%, a decrease of 2.1 percentage points.

The change in the average price of major foods in the 50 cities announced by the National Bureau of Statistics also showed that, since July, the increase in pork price also fell in the two periods of data. The price of pork in the first and second half of the year only increased by 0.58 and 0.03 percentage points from the previous period. Obviously reduced.

Zhou Wangjun, deputy director of the price division of the National Development and Reform Commission, said on July 22 that pork prices may fall sharply after the spring of next year, reminding the farmers that they should not overfill the bar.

The Ministry of Commerce's monitoring also showed that due to the increase in the cost of transporting aquatic products due to hot and rainy weather, coupled with the shortage of market supply during freshwater fish breeding and season fishing, the average wholesale price of 8 aquatic products increased overall, which was 1.4% higher than the previous week. This is the 12th consecutive week of data rise.

The increase in grain and oil retail prices narrowed. Flour, peanut oil, soybean oil and rapeseed oil rose by 0.2%, 0.4%, 0.2% and 0.2%, respectively, and the increase narrowed by 0.2, 0.7, 0.2 and 0.1 percentage point respectively.

In the main production materials, non-ferrous metals, minerals, steel, rubber, chemical products, and energy prices rose, agricultural prices remained flat, and prices of light raw materials and building materials fell slightly. Non-ferrous metal prices rose 1.7%. Among them, 1# zinc, 1#nickel and 1#copper rose 3.5%, 2.1% and 0.7% respectively. Mineral product prices rose 1.5%. Zinc and iron ore rose 1.8% and 1.5% respectively. Steel prices rose by 0.4%. Affected by higher raw material prices, higher prices of key steel plants, and lower market inventories, steel prices rose for two consecutive weeks. Φ6.5mm high-speed wire rods and Φ12mm rebars rose by 0.9% and 0.5% respectively. Rubber prices rose 0.4%. The quotations from Southeast Asian origins increased, and tire companies increased their purchases, driving the rubber price to rise slightly for three consecutive weeks, up 3% from the beginning of July. The price of chemical products rose by 0.2%. Among them, pure benzene, methanol, and ordinary polystyrene rose 1.6%, 1.3%, and 1.1% respectively. Energy prices rose 0.1%. Crude oil prices rose 1.3%; coal prices remained flat; refined oil prices fell 0.3%, falling for nine consecutive weeks, and cumulatively down 2.1% from the middle of May. The price of light raw materials fell by 0.1%. Among them, the price of cotton fell by 3.3%. The price of building materials fell by 0.2%. Cement and glass dropped by 0.6% and 0.4% respectively.