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The wholesale prices of 18 vegetables were up by 3.4% as compared with that of the previous week due to reducing supply of leaf vegetables in high temperature, and top rise in price are that of cabbage, celery and rape, up by14.1%, 12.5% and 10.5% respectively. The price of meats maintained a steady rise, of which the wholesale price of porkrose by2% as compared with that of previous week, and beef rose by 0.2%, while lamb remained unchanged. The retail prices of chicken and egg saw a slight rise, of which the price of eggs rose by 0.4% as compared with that of the previous weekafter falling for five consecutive weeks,and chicken was up by 0.1%.The average wholesale prices of 8 kinds of aquatic products were up by 0.3% as compared with that of the previous week, andtop drop in price are that ofsilver carp, grass carp and crucian carp, rose by 1.2%, 1% and 0.8% respectively.Retail prices of edibleoil and grain remained basically stable, of which small package of rice rose by 0.2%as compared with that of previous week,while soybean oil fell by 0.1%, and small package of flour, peanut oil and rapeseed oil remained unchanged.
Of major materials for production, prices of rubber, materials for agricultural production, energy resources, non-ferrous metals, steel, chemical products and mineral products rose, while building materials fell and materials for light industry remained unchanged.The price of rubber rose by 1% as compared with that of previous week. The production cost of synthetic rubber increased due to increasing price of butadiene, and the price of butadiene rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, and nitrile rubberwere up by 6%, 2.2% and 2.1% respectively. The price of energy resources was up by 0.6%, of whichoil rose by 2.8%, coke remained unchanged, and raw coal fell by1.4%. Price of non-ferrous metal was up by 0.4%, of which nickel #1, copper #1 and lead #1rose by 1.7%, 0.8% and 0.2% respectively, and zinc #1 and aluminum A00 rose by 0.2% and 0.1% respectively, while tin #1 fell by 0.5%.The price of steel rose by 0.2%, with the price of Φ12mm threaded steel bar and Φ6.5mm high speed line materials rising by 0.4%. Price of chemical products rose by 0.1%, of which styrene, PA and toluene were up by 2.4%, 1.8% and 0.9% respectively, while phenol and benzene fell by 3% and 0.6% respectively.The price of mineral products rose by 0.1% over the previous week, of which zinc oreand copper ore were up by1% and 0.7% respectively, while iron ore andlead ore remained unchanged. The price of materials for light industry remained unchanged, of which chemical fiber was up by 0.5%, while cotton was down by 0.1%.