Many people in the mainland like to eat fruits, and the quality of fruits is getting higher and higher. Eat more vegetables and fruits, which is also good for the body. However, when I traveled to North Korea, I found that the North Korean people rarely eat fruit. Later, it was learned that the wages of the North Korean people were not high, but the fruits were sold very expensive. In North Korea, many people can't afford to eat fruit.
At an attraction in Pyongyang, North Korea, I saw a salesman selling fruit. There are fruits such as bananas, apples and pears, which are more common fruits. But fruits like dragon fruit, mangoes and the like are rarely seen in North Korea. I bought an apple for six bucks. In North Korea, many people buy fruits one by one. These fruits are also specially sold to foreign tourists.
So, what about the price of fruit in local fruit shops in North Korea? While in Pyongyang, I found the opportunity to visit Pyongyang at night. Get the chance to witness fruit prices at a local fruit shop. There are not many fruit shops on the streets of Pyongyang, and some shops sell fruit, but the quality is not very high. A lot of the fruit has started to rot, but the price is not cheap. I estimated in my mind that a pound of bananas here is about twenty or thirty yuan, and the price of apples is similar.
The income of ordinary people in North Korea is only about three hundred, so why is the fruit sold so expensive? The main reason is that there is not much fruit cultivation in North Korea, and in the countryside of North Korea, the crops grown in farmland are mainly grain. You will find that most parts of North Korea are growing staple foods such as rice and corn, and North Korea puts food cultivation first. The land in North Korea is state-owned, and what crops to grow is also decided by the state, and farmers cannot choose what to grow.
Because there are fewer fruits grown, fruits are scarce in North Korea and are in short supply, so the price is naturally very high. In some large shopping supermarkets in Pyongyang, there are also fruits for sale, such as the Guangfu Commercial Center, where many fruits are imported from abroad. But the price will be more expensive. In North Korea, not only are fruits sold very expensive, but vegetables are also sold very expensive, mainly because there are not many vegetables grown in the countryside. However, there is one thing in North Korea that is relatively cheap, and that is seafood. When I was in Wonsan, North Korea, I found that our table was full of all kinds of seafood. Tourists buy seafood from local people, and the price is also very cheap. Do you have anything to say about that?