Producer’s Price of Major Agricultural Products

According to the result of nationwide survey on 31,000 agricultural holdings conducted by National Bureau of Statistics of China, it showed that in the first half year, the producer’s price of major agricultural products (the direct price which sold by the agricultural producers) grew up 22.9 percent, year-on-year. Of which, the producer’s price of planting, forestry, animal husbandry and fishing products rose 13.8, 12.1, 39.8 and 12.8 percent respectively. In terms of planting products, the producer’s price of foodstuff surging 11.9 percent, year-on-year. Of which, producer’s price of cereal, wheat, rice, corn, beans, potato, cotton, oil- bearing crops, vegetable, fruit, and tobacco leaf climbing 7.7, 8.0, 5.0, 9.5, 36.3, 14.4, 12.2, 36.9, 15.4, 13.2 and 14.3 percent; while that of sugar and tea leaf declined 2.8 and 11.6 percent respectively.

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