Vegetable prices have increased substantially in most cities, following bad weather in many parts of the country since November last year, latest statistics from the Ministry of Commerce showed.
Wholesale prices of 18 kinds of vegetables have risen continuously in the country for three weeks since the middle of last month, according to ministry figures.
The average price of vegetables from April 26 to May 2 was 3.84 yuan (56 cents) a kg, up by 44.4 percent year on year.
"The current increase in vegetable prices is mainly caused by short supply following the catastrophic weather," Zhu Xiaoliang, deputy director of the market operation regulation of the Ministry of Commerce, told Xinhua News Agency.
Wholesale prices of 18 kinds of vegetables have risen continuously in the country for three weeks since the middle of last month, according to ministry figures.
The average price of vegetables from April 26 to May 2 was 3.84 yuan (56 cents) a kg, up by 44.4 percent year on year.
"The current increase in vegetable prices is mainly caused by short supply following the catastrophic weather," Zhu Xiaoliang, deputy director of the market operation regulation of the Ministry of Commerce, told Xinhua News Agency.
