last week According to the Ministry of Commerce website report, last week(December 30, 2019 to January 5, 2020 Japan), the national market price ofedible agricultural products rose 0.9% from last week, and the market price ofmeans of production rose 0.3% from last week.

Edible agricultural product market: Grain prices have fallen slightly, and thewholesale prices of flour and rice have fallen by 0.3% and 0.2% respectivelyfrom the previous week. Edible oil prices are generally stable, withpeanut oil and rapeseed oil wholesale prices unchanged from lastweek. Meat prices rose at different rates. The wholesale prices of pork,beef and mutton were 45.39 yuan, 67.87 yuan and 63.29 yuan per kilogram,respectively, with increases of 3.5%, 0.2% and 0.2%. The price of poultryproducts dropped slightly. The wholesale prices of eggs and white strip chickenwere 9.73 yuan and 17.78 yuan per kilogram, respectively, down 2.2% and 2%. Theprice of aquatic products rose slightly, and the wholesale prices of grasscarp, carp and catfish rose by 1.8%, 0.3% and 0.3% respectively. Theaverage wholesale price of 30 kinds of vegetables was 4.94 yuan per kilogram, adecrease of 1%, of which the prices of broccoli, zucchini and tomatoes fell by5.8%, 4.6% and 4.4%, respectively. The average wholesale price of the sixkinds of fruits was 6.65 yuan per kilogram, an increase of 0.5%. Among them,the prices of watermelon, banana, grape and apple rose by 4.6%, 1.1%, 0.7% and0.5% respectively, and the prices of pear and citrus fell by 1.7% and 1.2 %.

Market for means of production: The prices of basic chemical raw materialsrose, with sulfuric acid, methanol, and soda ash rising by 1.4%, 0.5%, and0.2%, and polypropylene falling by 0.4%. Coal prices rose steadily,anthracite prices rose 0.7% to 904 yuan per ton, and thermal coal and cokingcoal prices were 583 yuan and 776 yuan per ton, respectively, unchanged fromlast week. Steel prices were generally stable. High-speed wire rod priceswere 4033 yuan per ton, up 0.1%. Rebar prices were 3970 yuan per ton, unchangedfrom last week. Channel steel prices were 4052 yuan per ton, down0.1%. The price of rubber fluctuated slightly. The price of syntheticrubber fell 0.5%, and the price of natural rubber rose 0.1%. Non-ferrousmetal prices fluctuated slightly, zinc and copper prices fell 0.9% and 0.5%respectively, and aluminum prices rose 0.4%. The price of chemicalfertilizers decreased slightly, and urea and ternary compound fertilizers bothdecreased by 0.1%.

(Original title: Department of Commerce: Last week, the wholesale price of porkwas 45.39 yuan per kg, up 3.5%)