Prices in September reduced speed over previous months. Many kinds of food have decreased in price...
Prices in September reduced speed over previous months. Many kinds of food have decreased in price.
. Pork, rice going down
Khanh Hoa Province’s CPI in September rose slightly by 0.24% over that in August. This was the lowest increase so far this year.
The group of restaurant service showed a 0.4% increase, which partly reduced the province’s CPI. Other groups such as traffic, housing, electricity, water, fuels and building materials dropped slightly by 0.4% - 0.5%.
Food price now has decreased by 0.2% over early September owning to the abundant supply. At markets, pork price fell by VND5,000 – VND10,000/kg. For example, lean meat now is selling at VND95,000/kg and rump meat at VND85,000 – VND90,000/kg.
“Pork now is not as scare as previous months. Epidemic diseases on pigs have been stamped out”, a retail seller at Xom Moi Market said.
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| Pork has decreased by VND5,000 - VND10,000/kg after continuous increases. |
Poultry also saw a decrease in price. Semi-confine chicken price fell from VND110,000/kg to VND100,000/kg, industrial chicken price decreased from VND55,000/kg to VND50,000/kg and duck price dropped from VND90,000/kg to VND85,000/kg. Eggs of all kinds also decreased by VND1,000 – VND2,000/ten.
Rice saw a VND1,000/kg decrease over last week. Ordinary rice now costs VND11,000/kg and local glutinous rice at VND15,000/kg.
. Vegetable, fruits going up
However, vegetable and fruits increased sharply. Compared to mid September, tomato rose from VND10,000/kg to VND15,000/kg, cabbage from VND7,000/kg to VND8,000/kg, Hoa Loc sweet mango from VND45,000 to VND60,000/kg, watermelon from VND10,000/kg to VND13,000/kg, Nam Roi grapefruit from VND18,000/kg to VND20,000/kg, green skin grapefruit from VND35,000/kg to VND37,000 and durian from VND35,000 to VND40,000/kg.
“Increases in prices of vegetable and fruits are due to the abnormal weather, big vegetable consumption and many fruits out of season”, said a small trader at Binh Tan Market.
Sugar price also soared by VND1,000 – VND3,000/kg over August. White refined-sugar is priced at VND24,000/kg, yellow refined-sugar at VND21,000/kg and sugar candy at VND26,000/kg.
Especially, import milk showed a sudden increase of 5% - 15% in mid September. For example, Frisolac is priced at VND268,500/900g can, Dumex Dugrow Gold 3 at VND337,000/800g can and Dutch Lady 456 at VND73,500/400g.
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