According to the watchdog of MOFCOM, last week (July 16-22), the national market price index of the edible agricultural products increased by 0.6% over the previous week. The price index of the means of production decreased by 0.1%.

In the market of edible agricultural products: the average wholesale price of 30 kinds of vegetables was 3.81 yuan per kilogram, up 2.4% over the previous week, and the prices of lettuce, broccoli and oilseed rape increased the most by 9.5%, 8.6% and 8.5% respectively. The wholesale price of meat increased in general, and the prices of pork and beef were 18.81yuan and 52.72 yuan per kilogram respectively, up 1.2% and 0.3% respectively. The price of mutton was 49.04 yuan per kilogram, down 0.2% over the previous week. The wholesale price of poultry increased in general. Among these, the prices of eggs and chicken were 8.61 yuan and 15.78 yuan per kilogram respectively, up 2.5% and 0.5% respectively over the previous week, and that of duck was 17.14 yuan per kilogram, down 0.6%. The wholesale prices of grain and food picked up slightly, with those of flour and rice up 0.3% and 0.2% respectively over the previous week. The average wholesale price of aquatic products increased slightly, and the prices of large hairtail, small hairtail and little yellow croaker increased the most by 1.7%, 1.3% and 0.6% respectively. The wholesale price of edible oil decreased in general, with the prices of peanut oil, soybean oil and rapeseed oil down 0.4%, 0.3% and 0.1% respectively over the previous week.

In the market of production means, the price of non-ferrous metal decreased by 0.4% over the previous week, with the prices of lead, nickel, copper and aluminum down 3.4%, 2.8%, 0.2% and 0.1% respectively and those of zinc and tin up 0.6% and 0.3% respectively. The price of chemical fertilizer decreased by 0.3%, with those of urea, DAP and NPK down 0.4%, 0.2% and 0.1% respectively, and that of KCL staying stable. The price of coal decreased by 0.2%, among which the prices of coking coal and steamed coal were 755 yuan and 598 yuan per ton respectively, down 0.5% and 0.2% respectively and that of blind coal was 862 yuan per ton, staying the same as that of last week. . The price of steel increased by 0.2% over the previous week, and the prices of common round steel, U-steel, high-speed wire rod and screw-thread steel were 4242 yuan, 4233 yuan, 4217 yuan and 4118 yuan per ton respectively, up 0.4%, 0.3%, 0.2% and 0.2% respectively. The price of rubber increased by 0.4%, among which that the price of synthetic rubber rose by 1.4% and the price of natural rubber down 0.3%. The price of basic chemical raw materials increased by 0.4%, with the prices of caustic soda, sulphuric acid and sodium carbonate up 1.2%, 0.5% and 0.1% respectively, while the price of methyl alcohol was down 0.6%.

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