In mid-to-late October, the price of vegetables has experienced a surge. Spinach, grass heads, chrysanthemum, pea tips, beans, etc. have gradually risen to around 10-15 yuan. Such a high price The price also makes people exclaim "can't afford it".
According to official data, the average wholesale price of 28 key vegetables in October was 5.23 yuan/kg, a year-on-year rebound of 12.5% ??and a month-on-month increase of 16%. It can be seen that the price of autumn vegetables this year is much higher than in previous years. The main reason for the increase in vegetable prices is the weather. Rainfall in the north frequently breaks new highs, causing many vegetable fields to be flooded, resulting in a gap period.
However, the increase in vegetable prices has a negative impact on society after all. Consumers’ expenditure costs have increased, and many people have also reduced their purchases. To this end, the Ministry of Commerce immediately issued control policies, requiring various localities to stabilize prices and ensure supply.
Following the call of the Ministry of Commerce, various places have responded:
Many wholesale markets in Beijing have stated that from November 1st to 19:00 on March 15th of the following year, they will be exempted from Entry transaction fees for vegetables, apples, pears, grapefruits, tangerines, and oranges are used to reduce unnecessary costs, thereby reducing vegetable prices.
For example, the entry transaction price of Chinese cabbage is 400 yuan/10 tons, and if the amount is reduced, the wholesale price can be at least 4 cents/kg cheaper. The person in charge of Xinfadi said that on November 2, the average price of vegetables was 3.81 yuan/kg, a decrease of 0.11 yuan/kg from the previous day’s 3.92 yuan.
Tianjin Food Group took action and stated that it would reduce the price of all vegetables for sale by 5%. Soon, the prices of vegetables in its 50 directly-operated stores and vegetable markets fell, with 25 types of vegetables falling by 8-16%. %.
Other wholesale markets have also taken action. For example, vegetables in Changsha Hongxing Market have declined, with the average price at 4.25 yuan/kg, a week-on-week decrease of 4.21%, aquatic products also fell by 7.45%, and other rice and noodles. Oil, etc. are in sufficient supply. In addition, many local governments have put in reserve vegetables to better stabilize vegetable prices.
02. The price dropped by more than 30% in many places
As the wholesale market prices in various places have declined, retail prices in various markets have also begun to decline. Let’s take a look.
Hangzhou area: Judging from the quotation in a local market, bean sprouts are 1.28 yuan/jin, potatoes are 1.98 yuan/jin, onions are 1.48 yuan/jin, small sweet potatoes are 1.2 yuan/jin, and radishes are 1.2 yuan/jin. 2.1 yuan/jin. In addition to the decline in cheap vegetables, leafy vegetables have also begun to decline. For example, spinach fell from 15 yuan to 7 yuan/jin, bitter melon fell from 8 yuan to 6 yuan/jin, and other vegetables generally fell by 30%.
Kunming region: According to Kunming official data, the decline in 16 types of vegetables yesterday was 3.33-33.33%. In the market, many citizens have found that vegetable prices have dropped. For example, tomatoes have dropped from 5 yuan to 4 yuan/jin, lotus roots have dropped from 4.5 yuan to 3.5 yuan/jin, and cabbage has dropped from 3 yuan to 1.5 yuan/jin. The declines are relatively large. big.
Dezhou area: In a fair price market, the reporter found that vegetable prices are much cheaper, such as Chinese cabbage 1.5 yuan per pound, lettuce 4.8 yuan, and celery 3.5 yuan, which is about 30% lower than before. The price of spinach fell even further, from 13 yuan/jin to 5.5 yuan/jin, a drop of more than 50%.
The reporter found that vegetable prices have generally fallen. In fact, Texas itself is a vegetable growing place. As greenhouse vegetables are gradually put on the market, their supply has begun to be sufficient, and the market has also risen significantly.
03. Why do vegetable farmers and middlemen complain?
With the recent decline in vegetable prices, the price of its origin has also dropped significantly. For example, the price of Chinese cabbage has dropped from 1.5 yuan to 5 cents per catty, and the price of spinach has dropped from 6-8 yuan to 2-3 yuan/catties. Jin, zucchini production areas dropped from 2 yuan to 3-4 cents per kilogram
For vegetable farmers, vegetable prices rose in mid-to-late October, but the yield per mu was low, and some vegetable fields failed to harvest, so vegetable farmers sold them at high prices. I didn’t make much money out, and I still didn’t even make up for the losses.
I thought that high vegetable prices could continue for a while, but I didn’t expect that vegetable prices would fall back before the new crop of vegetables came on the market. As a result, the early losses have not been recovered. Recently, due to the surge in agricultural fertilizer and labor costs, the cost of farming has increased, and the vegetables can only be sold at just enough cost.
Therefore, many vegetable farmers complain that no matter whether vegetable prices increase or decrease, it has nothing to do with them, because vegetable prices have always been low and will only get lower. It is good to be able to maintain capital.
However, middlemen are also complaining. For example, Lao Zheng from Henan said that he seemed to be very busy recently, but after all, he had not made any money at all. It turns out that after the price of vegetables soared, Lao Zheng frequently visited major vegetable producing areas. However, due to the low purchase volume, it took him 3-4 days to go back and forth to collect a full cart, and his fuel costs were also increasing.
After the vegetables were transported back to the market, because the vegetable prices were too high, the market vendors purchased less. As a result, it took 2-3 days to sell a cart of vegetables, and many vegetables were spoiled and had to be thrown away. In the past two days, vegetables began to fall, but Lao Zheng's vegetables were still bought at high prices two days ago. It can be seen that after being busy for a long time, Lao Zheng not only did not make any money, but also lost a lot. He complained that his work was in vain.
Li Jiao is a small wholesaler. She collects her goods from large wholesalers and then sells them to vegetable vendors and restaurant buyers. However, vegetable prices have been high in recent days and the vegetables have been slow to sell, making it difficult to make much money.
The price of vegetables has dropped in the past two days. Li Jiao suddenly felt a "meatache" and shouted that his work was in vain.
Indeed, the recent sudden drop in vegetable prices has had a greater impact on vegetable farmers and middlemen. Many people have not sold the vegetables they bought at high prices in the early stage, let alone made money, and instead suffered huge losses. What do you think?