date:Dec 25, 2012
Increasingly lower temperatures in the past month has led to rising pork prices, according to Xinhua News Agency's price system on national farm produce.
Pork prices were up 5.2 percent on Saturday from November 20, the price system showed.
Northern and northeastern China reported the highest price hikes. Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces saw rises of more than 10 percent.
However, pork prices on Saturday were 8 percent lower than the same period last year.
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