"Chelizi freedom has been realized this year", and the market price has created a new low in recent years

Chutian Metropolis Daily reporter Zhou Dan and Li Hui

Recently, many citizens have found that the price of this year's cherry is significantly cheaper than in previous years. Some netizens joked: Finally realized the freedom of Cherry! In fact, when Chelizi was just listed in 2020, there was news that "the listing price of Chelizi was cold", which triggered heated discussions.

Why are cherries cheaper this year? Will prices continue to fall? Today, the reporter made a visit.

The price of cherries hit a new low in recent years

"The original price was 68 yuan a pound, and now it is only 39.8 yuan, just arrived." Yesterday, in the Super Life Hall of Wushang Zhongyuan Square, the reporter saw that a promoter was introducing Chelizi to customers. At the counter next to it, there is also a promotion where Chelizi buys a box and gets one box free.

"My son loves to eat cherries, which are cheap this year and I've bought them several times recently." Ms. Wang, a citizen, said, carefully selected two boxes of cherries and put them into the shopping cart.

At a fruit shop in Xudong, Wuchang, the price of cherries varies from 49 yuan to 156 yuan per kilogram depending on the level. "Compared with the same period last year, this price has indeed dropped a lot, and the decline is about 30%." The owner Wang Peng introduced.

In the wholesale market, the price of cherries has also dropped. "A single J-class cherries 4 kilograms only sell for 200 yuan, about 50 yuan per kilogram, which should be the lowest price in the past seven or eight years!" Liu Xun, a merchant who has been in the fruit wholesale business for many years, told reporters that the same quality, this year's cherry prices have created a record low, sometimes in order to go to inventory, or even zero profit shipments.

However, Liu Xun found that compared with the past, everyone bought cheli in boxes, and more consumers bought scattered this year, most of them bought a little to eat themselves, "inventory digestion is slow, the price will drop a little." However, Liu Xun stressed that at present, the price of cherries in the market has declined, most of which are low-end products, and the prices of top products are still relatively stable.

Multiple factors superimpose lead to price reductions

After the visit, the reporter learned that there are many varieties of cherries, and the cherries in the Wuhan market are mainly from Chile, New Zealand and other countries. Moreover, the Wuhan fruit consumption market belongs to the middle and high-end level, and the cherries currently sold in the market are mostly above the J level.

The increase in Chilean cherries production is also one of the factors that cannot be ignored in the current decline in cherries prices.

According to the "South American Overseas Chinese News" report, The Chilean Embassy in China Commercial Counselor Nata introduced that China is currently the world's largest importer of Chilean cherries, the weather conditions in Chile in 2020 are good, 2020-2021 production season cherries have achieved a bumper harvest, it is expected that the export volume of Chilean cherries in this season will increase by 30%, and about 500,000 tons of cherries will enter the Chinese market.

"The harvest of cherries is the main reason why the price is close to the people, the rarity is more expensive, and the yield is increased, and the price will be close to the people." Many fruit wholesalers believe that the previous price was relatively high because it was transported by air, and the transportation cost itself was relatively high, and now it is mainly by sea, and the transportation cost is low, which directly leads to the price of cherries.

Compared with the offline market, the online e-commerce platform Chelizi ushered in hot sales. According to relevant statistics, the sales volume of the e-commerce platform has grown rapidly in the past month, and stores with high shipments can sell two or three hundred boxes a day. The industry predicts that the price of cherries will be relatively stable in the next month, and in the face of the upcoming Spring Festival, cherries sales will also be mainly in gift boxes.