Prices of food and production materials continue to decline
according to the Ministry of Commerce, last week (May 31st to June 6th), the price of food agricultural products in the 36 major cities of the country was 0.6% lower than the previous week (the same), and the price of production capital market dropped by 0.4%. In
57 kinds of main edible agricultural products, there are 29 kinds of price circumferential ratio, 50.9%, 9 kinds, 15.8%, 19 kinds, 33.3%. The price of vegetables has slowed down. The open-air vegetables were listed and the supply was sufficient. The average wholesale price of 18 kinds of vegetables decreased by 7%, and the decline was 3 percentage points higher than that in the previous week, in which tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, onions, bitter gourds, beans and potatoes were all over 10%. Since the end of April, the average wholesale price of vegetables has fallen by 24%, of which garlic prices have fallen by 13.6%. The price of edible oil has fallen steadily. Retail prices of soybean oil and peanut oil dropped by 0.1%, while rapeseed oil prices were unchanged from the previous week. The price of poultry and eggs fluctuated slightly. Egg prices rose 0.3%, or 0.2 percentage points. The price of white chicken has fallen by 0.1%. The price of meat has gone up and down. With the promotion of the fourth batch of central reserve frozen meat storage and storage work, the price of pork has gone up and up, or 0.4%. Among them, Dalian, Ji'nan and Chongqing increased considerably, rising by 5.3%, 4% and 3.6% respectively. The price of mutton rose by 0.2%, and the price of beef was down by 0.3%. The price of grain rose slightly. With the increase of rice output and the fall of *Xing* in the rice demand season, the price of rice has stabilized, which is basically the same as the previous week. The price of flour has risen by 0.2%. The price of aquatic products continues to rise. The average wholesale price of the 8 major aquatic products rose by 0.1%. In the 112 main production materials,
there were 54 kinds of prices falling, accounting for 48.2%, 35 of which were flat, accounting for 31.3%, and 23 of them rose, accounting for 20.5%. Judging from the major categories, prices of *Se* metals, steel, energy, agricultural products, mineral products and building materials have dropped, and prices of rubber, chemical products and light industrial raw materials have risen. The price of *Se* metal fell by 1.2% as a whole. 1# nickel, 1# zinc and 1# copper decreased by 2.9%, 2% and 1.3% respectively. The price of steel has fallen by 1.1%. The consumption of automobile sheet and other varieties was weakened, and the price of steel rolled down continuously for the fourth week, of which 0.5mm non oriented silicon steel *Pian*, 12mm screw steel, and high speed wire rod of 6.5mm were reduced by 2.3%, 1.4% and 1.4% respectively. The price of energy has fallen by 0.5%. Natural gas, oil and coal decreased by 4.8%, 0.5% and 0.2% respectively. The price of agricultural capital fell by 0.3%. The agricultural diesel and chemical fertilizer were reduced by 1.1% and 0.3% respectively. The price of light industrial raw materials rose by 0.1%. Among them, cotton rose by 2.2% and chemical fiber dropped by 0.5%. The price of rubber rose by 0.9%. The stock continued to decline, and the price of rubber recovered for the first time after six weeks. The increase of imported 3# smoke *Pian* glue, styrene butadiene rubber and domestic 1# standard adhesive were 1.7%, 0.7% and 0.5% respectively.