Monthly economic observation： national vegetable prices keep seasonal downward trend.

　　CCTV News:What new changes have taken place in vegetable prices since May?

　　In Beijing Xinfadi Market, merchant Jin Hao told reporters that since May, with the centralized harvest of vegetables in many places across the country, the price of vegetables in the Beijing market has dropped significantly.

　　According to merchants, recently, many vegetables have been converted from greenhouse to open field production, and the production cost has been further reduced, which has promoted the decline of vegetable prices.

　　Statistics show that the weighted average price of vegetables in Beijing Xinfadi Market in May was 1.06 yuan per catty, down 10% from April and 7.8% from the same period last year. Nationally, in May, the national average wholesale price of 28 kinds of vegetables monitored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was 1.95 yuan per catty, down 12% from the previous month and 5.1% from the same period last year. In terms of varieties, the prices of 22 kinds of vegetables decreased month-on-month, among which Chinese cabbage, young garlic and green pepper decreased by more than 20% month-on-month. From the weekly price, they decreased for 14 consecutive weeks.