date:Mar 21, 2013
The Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday in an online statement that the wholesale price of pork, the country's staple meat, fell 2.1 percent week on week, while the price of beef saw a 0.1-percent rebound during the period from March 11 to 17.
The prices of mutton and chicken remained unchanged from the previous week.
The ministry attributed the decline to abundant supplies and farmers' diminishing confidence in what the future holds for the meat market.
The average wholesale prices for 18 vege