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Food price spike pushes CPI to pass 4% in JuneBy Song Hongmei (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-07-10 13:24
Rising costs in the animal husbandry sector is another factor behind the grain price rises, he explained. Pork prices, which are estimated to account for 7 percent of the CPI basket, surged in the first half due to tight supply, due to blue ear disease causing a mass culling of pigs, the official said. |
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