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Supply Figures

Livestock / Poultry | Marine / Freshwater Fish | Vegetables / Eggs

Average Wholesale Prices

Livestock / Poultry | Marine / Freshwater Fish | Vegetables / Eggs

Supply of major fresh food - reference figures (03/07/2009)

Supply of livestock and poultry today

 
Live pig*
Live cattle*
Live chicken#
 
(head)
(head)
(bird)
Mainland
4,161
72
7,000
Local
253
0
9,060
Total supply
4,414
72
16,060

* Live pig and cattle figures supplied by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. Figures refer to the total stock intake at slaughterhouses yesterday, supplying today's market demand. 

# Live chicken figures refer to the total stock intake at the Government Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market yesterday, supplying today's market demand.

Supply of marine fish today
 
Total throughput of the 7 markets of the Fish Marketing Organization (FMO) this morning:
1,929 picul
Supply of freshwater fish today                                      
Total supply of the Government Cheung Sha Wan and Western Wholesale Food Markets and the private Yuen Long Freshwater Fish Market this morning:
3,025 picul
                                                                          

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Supply of vegetables - Vegetable Marketing Organization (VMO) and the Government Wholesale Markets yesterday @

 
(Picul)
VMO*
7,857
Government wholesale markets #
13,514

* Total throughput of the VMO Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Vegetable Market yesterday.

# Total vegetable intake at the Government Cheung Sha Wan and Western Wholesale Food Markets and the North District Temporary Market for Agricultural Products.

@  Account for 70% of market share.
 
Supply of Eggs - Government Wholesale Markets @
Total egg intake of the Government Cheung Sha Wan and Western Wholesale Markets yesterday: 
 
5,320,000 nos.
@ Account for 60% of market share.
  

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Wholesale prices of major fresh food (average reference figures)  (03/07/2009)
 
 
Livestock 

 
($ / Picul)
(Yesterday)
Live pig*
913
Live cattle#
2,293

* Weighted average transaction price for live pig provided by slaughterhouses.
# Average transaction price for live cattle provided by Ng Fung Hong.
 
 
Poultry 

 
Live chicken#
 
($ / Catty)
 
(This morning)
Mainland
17.4
Local
17.3

# Weighted average wholesale price provided by major wholesalers at the Government Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market. 

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Marine fish

Type
$ / Catty*
Type
$ / Catty*
 
(This morning)
 
(This morning)
Golden thread
28
Breams
24
Horse head
26
Hairtail
18
Yellow croaker
26.5
Mackerel
26
Big eyes
25
Croakers
11
Scads
6.5
Filefish
17

* Average wholesale prices provided by major wholesalers at the Fish Marketing Organization Cheung Sha Wan Fish Market.
 
 
Freshwater fish#

Type
$ / Catty #
 
(This morning)
Grass carp
11.8
Big head
12.1
Mud carp
15.2

# Average wholesale prices provided by major wholesalers at the Government Cheung Sha Wan and Western Wholesale Food Markets.

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Vegetables

Type
$ / Catty *
Type
$ / Catty *
 
(Yesterday)
 
(Yesterday)
Flowering Cabbage

5.4

Yard-long bean, white

3.7

White Cabbage

2.9

Broccoli

7.6

Chinese Lettuce

3.0

Green Cabbage

2.9

Water Spinach

1.6

Tomato

3.0

Chinese Kale

4.5

Chinese Spinach

3.3

European Celery

4.2

Potato

2.5

 

Spinach

4.8

   

  * Weighted average wholesale prices of average to higher quality vegetables (account for 50% of transaction volume) at the Vegetable Marketing Organization Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Vegetable Market. 

 
Eggs 

 
($ / Egg)#
 
(Yesterday)
Brown-shelled egg (medium) Mainland
0.51
Grade II brown-shelled egg Germany (360/box)
1.00
Brown-shelled egg (medium) USA
0.70

# Average wholesale prices provided by major wholesalers of the Government Cheung Sha Wan and Western Wholesale Food Markets.

 

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