The average price of live pigs in China was 10.79 yuan/kg on April 2008, unchanged from last Friday, and was 0.08 yuan/kg lower than the same period last week (April 01). The average price of pork is 16.56 yuan/kg, down 0.39 yuan/kg from the same period last week. Today, the price of pig is 3.27:1, unchanged from Friday, which was down 0.02 from the same period last week, or 0.74 percent.
The pig market on April 08 was more volatile than last Friday. The price of pigs in tianjin, shanxi, zhejiang, anhui, jiangxi, guangdong, guangxi, shaanxi and other places continued to rise, rising by 0.10 to 0.20 yuan/kg. The price of pork in hebei, jiangsu, shandong, chongqing, sichuan, henan, gansu and other places remained stable. The price of pork in the rest of the region was lowered, with a concentration of 0.10-0.20 yuan/kg, while the decline in Beijing and Inner Mongolia was clearly 0.40-0.50 yuan/kg.
The national average price of live pigs on qingming day after 0.03 yuan/kg, back to shock, regional prices rose less fall more, parts for prices rise slightly, pressure bar equivalent of a mental strong trend. In addition, the secondary market rumors countries purchase is expected to open in late this month, the late watching the continued effects of the factors and the national stepping up its purchases, prices or weak rebound around 0.20 yuan/kg. But it will take time for the country's reserves to change supply and demand in the short term.