date:Apr 18, 2013
Prices of edible farm produce in 36 major Chinese cities rebounded after declining for seven consecutive weeks, new official data show.
The Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday in an online statement that the average wholesale prices for 18 vegetables on the monitored list surged 7.1 percent week-on-week.
The ministry attributed the rise to the supply gap between out-of-stock winter items and limited supplies of new vegetables.
Bucking the trend, the wholesale price of pork, the country's staple