BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Prices of farm produce in China continued to recover in the week ending July 22, with a rise in the cost of 30 types of vegetable, according to the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday.
The price index for farm produce edged up 0.6 percent in the past week, following a 0.8 percent gain the previous week, while the index for production materials dropped 0.1 percent.
The average wholesale price of 30 types of vegetable went up 2.4 percent, compared with a 2.5 percent gain the week earlier.
The wholesale price of pork, the country's staple meat, rose 1.2 percent from the previous week. The price of beef went up 0.3 percent and mutton down 0.2 percent. The wholesale price of eggs gained 2.5 percent.
Food accounts for about one-third of China's consumer price index.
China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.9 percent year-on-year in June, compared with 1.8 percent for May, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Enditem
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