December 18th: The "Wholesale Price Index of Agricultural Products 200" has decreased by 0.02 points compared to yesterday.

According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, on December 18, the "200 Index of Wholesale Prices of Agricultural Products" was 130.59, a decrease of 0.02 points from yesterday, and the "basket of vegetables" product wholesale price index was 133.51, a decrease of 0.03 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, the average wholesale price of pork in the national agricultural product market was 17.51 yuan/kg, an increase of 0.5% from yesterday; beef was 65.73 yuan/kg, a decrease of 0.4% from yesterday; mutton was 62.40 yuan/kg, a decrease of 0.8% from yesterday; eggs were 7.41 yuan/kg, a decrease of 0.1% from yesterday; and white-barred chicken was 17.82 yuan/kg, the same as yesterday. The average price of the 28 kinds of vegetables monitored was 5.90 yuan/kg, a decrease of 0.5% from yesterday; and the average price of the 6 types of fruits monitored was 7.66 yuan/kg, an increase of 0.4% from yesterday. Crucian carp was 19.43 yuan/kg, a decrease of 1.0% from yesterday; carp was 13.75 yuan/kg, a decrease of 1.0% from yesterday; white carp was 10.00 yuan/kg, a decrease of 4.1% from yesterday; and bighead carp was 38.91 yuan/kg, a decrease of 1.7% from yesterday. Today, among the 46 varieties of fresh agricultural products monitored in the domestic wholesale market, the top five in terms of price increase compared to yesterday are pineapples, scallions, eggplants, leeks, and kyoho grapes, with increases of 3.2%, 2.1%, 1.8%, 1.6%, and 1.3% respectively; the top five in terms of price decrease are white carp, flower carp, cucumbers, cauliflower, and lettuce, with decreases of 4.1%, 3.7%, 3.2%, 2.4%, and 2.2% respectively.