The Producer's Price of Major Agricultural Products Rose by 2.4 Percent in the First Quarter

In the first quarter, the national producer s price of major agricultural products was up by 2.4 percent as compared with same period of last year, as the NBS's producer s price survey results on 31000 agricultural holdings showed (the direct price which sold by the agricultural producers). Of which, Crop planting, forestry, and fishery rose by 4.8 percent, 8.9 percent and 2.3 percent respectively, while the animal husbandry was down by 1.6 percent.

In terms of crop planting products, the producer s price of foodstuff drooped by 1.4 percent, as compared with that same period of last year. Of which, cereal, wheat, paddy, corn and legume dropped by 1.4, 5.1, 1.1, 0.6, and 5.6 percent respectively; that of potato and cotton rose by 9.9 and 14.5 percent respectively; that of oil plants dropped by 6.9 percent; that of sugar, vegetables, fruit, and tea-leaf rose by 35.1, 14.2, 18.1, and 4.4 percent respectively, whereas that tobacco leaf dropped by 3.7 percent.

In terms of forest products, the producer s price of timber rose by 7.1 percent as compared with that same period of last year. Of which, bamboo rose by 12.1 percent, glue grease and fruits rose by 9.7 percent.

In terms of livestock products, the producer s price of pigs slaughtered and sold dropped by 1.4 percent as compared with that same period of last year, meat cattle and beefs, live sheep rose by 0.2 percent, and 1.5 percent; that of poultry and eggs dropped by 4 percent and 4.1 percent respectively, that of dairy products rose by 3.3 percent; that of feather products remain the general level.

In terms of fishery products, the producer s price of seawater products rose by 5.2 percent as compared with that same period of last year; of which, seawater fish, and seashell rose by 7.0 and 1.0 percent respectively; the producer s price of freshwater products and freshwater fish dropped by 0.5 percent and 0.6 percent respectively; that of freshwater shrimp and crab rose by 2.2 percent.