why is the price of garlic soaring? The answer given by expert analysis is because of the reduction of production. Is this the real situation? CCTV reporters came to Jinxiang, the largest garlic producing area and distribution center in China, and went to see his investigation and interview. Jinxiang County, Shandong Province has always been known as the hometown of garlic, with more than 2.6 million tons of garlic circulating in Jinxiang every year, accounting for a quarter of the national garlic production. In order to understand the reasons for the increase in garlic prices, the reporter found Shi Weiman, director of the local agricultural bureau. He told reporters that because the new garlic will not be listed until June, all the garlic in the cold storage is circulating in the market now. Now, most of the cold storage in Jinxiang is running out, and some cold storage is simply empty. "Now the inventory in jinxiang garlic is around 1, tons, and the inventory at this time last year was more than 4, tons." He introduced that on the other hand, the output of new garlic this year is not optimistic. The garlic planting area in Jinxiang County this year is 56, mu, only 8, mu more than last year. However, the cold wave came early at the end of last year, and at the beginning of this year, it was cold in late spring, which had a bad influence on the yield of garlic. Shi Weiman said: "The yield per unit area is lower than last year, and the number of garlic seedlings is not strong enough, which will cause a certain reduction in garlic production. It is estimated that the total output will be the same as last year." In addition, the export volume of garlic is also rising this year. Take Jinxiang as an example. In the first quarter of this year, they exported 57, tons of garlic, up 1% from the same period last year, accounting for 7% of the garlic in circulation in Jinxiang at present. The sudden increase in export volume has undoubtedly made the already tense relationship between supply and demand of garlic worse. Zhang Zhengyun, deputy head of Jinxiang County, said: "The main reason for the increase in garlic exports is the continuous development of foreign garlic deep processing enterprises and the increasing demand for garlic." Zhou Xuefeng, secretary of Jinyi Village, Jinxiang County, said: "This year, unlike last year, garlic hit new garlic in previous years, and the yield per unit must be reduced, and the total commodity volume is small. This year, garlic should still be running at a high level."