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China's agricultural product prices up 0.5% from last week

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-13 15:29

Prices of agricultural products in 36 Chinese large and medium-sized cities rose 0.5 percent this week from August 3, according to figures released by the Ministry of Commerce Wednesday.

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Thirty-one out of 57 kinds of farm produce saw week-on-week price increases while the prices of 18 types saw a drop, said a report on the ministry's website.

Vegetable prices climbed 4.5 percent week on week due to a decrease in supplies caused by rainstorms, while egg prices rose 0.7 percent from a week earlier.

The wholesale prices of pork, beef and mutton edged up 1.9 percent, 0.5 percent and 0.1 percent, the ministry said.