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Global food prices continue to surge, hitting 7-year highs: UN

Global food commodity prices rose in March, marking their tenth consecutive monthly increase./Getty Images The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in a new report say

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Official: Vegetable prices to fall in China

China's market supply of vegetables is guaranteed and prices are expected to stabilize and fall with the implementation of relevant measures, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) sai

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Update: Chinese mainland reports no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases

Customers shop in a vegetable market set up outside the Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xin

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China releases 48,000 tonnes of pork from reserves in July

China has released 48,000 tonnes of frozen pork from its central reserves in July to increase market supply and stabilize prices, the National Development and Reform C

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Beijing's major wholesale market to reopen after COVID-19 epidemic wanes

Xinfadi, the largest wholesale market with fruit, vegetable and meat supplies in Beijing, is to reopen starting Saturday, around two months after its business was suspe

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Chinese mainland reports 5 new imported COVID-19 cases

File Photo: A staff member disinfects a vegetable market in Shanghai, east China, June 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Ting) The Chinese mainland reported five new imported COVI

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China's 2020 farm produce trade deficit expands in first five months

VCG China's trade in agricultural products reported a deficit of 36.67 billion U.S. dollars in the first five months of 2020, up 20.6 percent year on year, official statistics show.Farm produc

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China's CPI up 2.5% in June, as prices rise for pork, vegetables

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose by 2.5 percent year on year in June, expanding 0.1 percentage points than May due to increasing prices of pork and vegetables.Accor

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Supply of daily necessities sufficient in Beijing: commerce ministry

The supply of daily necessities in Beijing is generally sufficient and prices are basically stable, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Thursday, following the rece

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Beijing's food supplies stable after suspension of its largest wholesale market

Beijing is sparing no effort to ensure food supplies to its residents, after the suspension of Xinfadi, the largest wholesale market with fruit, vegetable and meat sup

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World food prices drop to 17-month low as pandemic limits market demand

World food prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in May, hitting their lowest point in nearly a year and a half as the global coronavirus outbreak continued to erode demand and slow supply

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World food price index hits 17-month low in May: UN

VCG World food prices fell for a fourth consecutive month in May, hit by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic which has stymied demand, the United Nations food agency said on Thurs

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Algeria decides to reopen more businesses to ease anti-coronavirus lockdown impact

The Algerian government on Saturday decided to re-open more businesses, in a move to ease the adverse effect of the nationwide lockdown imposed to stem the spread of COVID-19, official APS news agen

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China's Gansu sees soaring seed exports

Lanzhou Customs of northwest China's Gansu Province said the province exported 2,932 tonnes of seeds in the first quarter this year, up 103 percent year-on-year. The t

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Myanmar to allow more online export, import licenses

Myanmar's Trade Department under the Ministry of Commerce will allow 34 more export and import items for the online licensing system with a total of 455 Harmonized Syst

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COVID-19's impact on China's consumption "controllable": MOC

The impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak on China's consumption is short-lived and controllable, as the resumption of business has accelerated, the Ministry of Com

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New confirmed COVID-19 case in Wuhan from fever clinic

The sole newly confirmed case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central China's Wuhan on Tuesday was from a fever clinic, the city's health commission sai