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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 (10/10/2008)

Supply of livestock and poultry today

 
Live pig*
Live cattle*
Live chicken#
 
(head)
(head)
(bird)
Mainland
4,231
80
5,000
Local
179
0
4,900
Total supply
4,410
80
9,900

* 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:    
2,231 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:
3,199 picul
                                                                          

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

 
(Picul)
VMO*
7,675
Government wholesale markets #
14,669

* 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
 
3,920,000 nos.
 
@ Account for 60% of market share.
  

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Wholesale prices of major fresh food (average reference figures)  (10/10/2008)
 
 
Livestock 

 
($ / Picul)
(Yesterday)
Live pig*
1,021
Live cattle#

2,317

* 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
30.4
Local
30.3

# 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
31
Horse head
32
Hairtail
17
Yellow croaker
33
Mackerel
28
Big eyes
32
Croakers
12.5
Scads
6.5
Filefish
15.5

* 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
14.1
Big head
14.5
Mud carp
16.6

# 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

7.5

Bitter Cucumber

4.9

White Cabbage

4.0

Broccoli

8.5

Chinese Lettuce

4.8

Green Cabbage

3.3

Egg Plant

3.3

Tomato

3.3

European Variety Cabbage, White

2.3

Yard-long bean, White

5.9

Hairy Gourd

3.5

Water Spinach

2.1

Potato

2.7

Chinese Spinach

4.7

Wax Gourd

1.5

   

 

 * 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
0.58
Grade II brown-shelled egg Germany (360/box)
 No supply today
Brown-shelled egg (medium) USA
 No supply today

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

 

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