Warmer weather is expected to bring down vegetable prices in China

Vegetables

China

Published Mar 24, 2022

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Monitoring data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shows that the wholesale price 200 index of "vegetable basket" products was 136.53 on March 21, down 0.65 points from last Friday. The average price of the 28 types of vegetables monitored was 5.69 yuan/kg, up from last Friday. 0.2%. Last week, the price of vegetables in the Beijing market continued to rise. On March 18, the weighted average price of vegetables in the Beijing Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market was 4.33 yuan/kg, compared with 4.07 yuan/kg last week (March 11). Up 6.39%. "This trend is significantly different from the same period in previous years. Under normal circumstances, the highest point of vegetable prices in Beijing generally occurs around the Spring Festival.

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Monitoring data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shows that the wholesale price 200 index of "vegetable basket" products was 136.53 on March 21, down 0.65 points from last Friday. The average price of the 28 types of vegetables monitored was 5.69 yuan/kg, up from last Friday. 0.2%. Last week, the price of vegetables in the Beijing market continued to rise. On March 18, the weighted average price of vegetables in Beijing Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market was 4.33 yuan/kg, up 6.39% from 4.07 yuan/kg last week (March 11). "This trend is significantly different from the same period in previous years. Under normal circumstances, the highest point of vegetable prices in Beijing generally occurs around the Spring Festival. After the Spring Festival, vegetable prices basically enter the seasonal decline range. "Beijing New Liu Tong, manager of the Statistics Department of the Fadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, said. This spring, the national ...

Source: Chinaeconomy