China's farm produce prices edge up
时间：2012-10-24 06:52:29
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China's farm produce prices edge up
BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Farm produce prices in 36 large- and medium-sized cities trended slightly upward last week, the Ministry1 of Commerce (MOC) said Tuesday.
Last week,
wholesale2 prices for eight kinds of
aquatic3 products went up 0.6 percent from a week earlier, while meat prices saw slight gains, the ministry said in an online statement.
The
retail4 price of cooking oil edged up slightly, with colza oil up 0.1 percent.
The retail price of eggs continued to drop, down 0.7 percent from the previous week, while prices for 18 kinds of vegetables retreated further, with that of cabbages and tomatoes down 8.1 percent and 8 percent, respectively.
Food prices account for around 30 percent of prices used to calculate the consumer price index (CPI), a key
gauge5 of inflation.
The CPI rose 1.9 percent year on year in September, easing from 2 percent in August, official data showed.
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