Recently, "watermelons in early spring were listed, and the retail price reached up to 112 yuan each", which attracted widespread attention from the whole network. The big data of the one-acre field platform shows that in April, the popularity of watermelon procurement on the platform has increased significantly.
A watermelon costs 90 yuan
Watermelons are listed in early spring, and the retail price of one fruit store is 90 yuan!
In fact, there are watermelons on the market before the Spring Festival, and most of them are imported watermelons at this time. The mainland's domestic watermelon was launched in March, and the production area is Hainan, mainly 6.5 yuan/jin unicorn melon and 8.9 yuan/jin ice cream watermelon. Kirin watermelon is cheaper, ice cream watermelon is difficult to grow, the yield is small, and the price is more expensive.
Some consumers reported that a 10-kilogram ice cream watermelon would cost 90 yuan. At the wholesale market, according to the feedback from the market side of one acre of land, at the end of March and the beginning of April, "the price of watermelon soared" and sales were strong! Mainly because of the recent warming of the climate in the country, the market's willingness to consume watermelon has increased, and the price and sales volume have increased.
Sweet King watermelon price increased by 40%
The overall market of watermelons is soaring
Li Binshi, head of the East China region of the one-acre field bean cattle wholesale market, said that the watermelon in the western suburbs of Shanghai has been selling well recently, and the price has also risen a lot, mainly from Yunnan, Sichuan and other production areas, and the varieties are Meidu, Kirin, Te Xiaofeng, etc., and the wholesale price ranges from 3.7 to 4.5 yuan / catty.
"At present, many shippers mainly ship the categories of citrus such as mandarin oranges, rake mandarins, etc., and these goods are not very competitive now", Li Binshi suggested that if there are conditions to change the source of goods, it is recommended that the shippers can replace them with watermelons, melons, etc., in order to seize the good market, seize the market, and ship as soon as possible, so as to avoid the unfavorable situation of fierce competition and low prices in the later stage.
Wang Wei, the person in charge of the market channel of Hebei Gaobeidian on behalf of one acre of bean cattle sales, said that there are more watermelons in Yunnan production areas in the local market, mainly sweet king and seedless unicorn watermelon, the sweet king watermelon market is 3.3-3.5 yuan/jin, and the price of seedless unicorn watermelon is 3.8-4.3 yuan/jin. The price of sweet king watermelon in the local market at the end of February was about 2.3 yuan per catty, and now the price has risen by about 40%.
Recently, the temperature has continued to rise, and the market demand for watermelons has continued to increase, so the market situation is still rising. But Wang Wei said, "The market is good now, mainly because the watermelon is less ripe and the supply is small, and by the end of April, the number of watermelons on the market will increase, and the market will fall!"
Distribution of watermelon production areas
and time to market
Watermelon is one of the 10 fruits with the largest cultivated area on the mainland, and can be grown in many provinces from south to north. On the one-acre field platform, the main supply areas of watermelon include Xiayi County, Xiangfu District, Tongxu County in Henan, Hanting District, Yishui County, Xin County in Shannan, Yicheng City in Hubei, Dali County and Pucheng County in Shaanxi, Dangshan County in Anhui Province, Dongtai County, Shuyang County, Jianshui County in Yunnan and other regions in Jiangsu.
Watermelons are suitable for planting in a wide range of areas, from Hainan to Heilongjiang, Liaoning, and then to Xinjiang. Therefore, the time span of watermelons on the mainland is also very large. The earliest area of domestic watermelon on the market is Hainan, and the main domestic watermelon sold in the market in March every year comes from Hainan production area; in April, watermelon in Yunnan production area can be listed, which lasts until the end of April; in May, watermelons in central regions such as Jiangsu, Hubei, Anhui, Henan, and Shandong began to be listed in batches, and this time is also the time when the market supply is the hotst. In mid-May, watermelons in Xinjiang were listed, watermelons in Ningxia were listed in July, and until September, late-maturing producing areas such as Inner Mongolia and Liaoning were listed one after another.
At present, the market is mainly watermelons in Hainan and Yunnan production areas, and Li Binshi, the person in charge of the Shanghai market, said that "the watermelons in the Yunnan production area are mainly in the market recently, and the watermelons in Hainan are coming to an end, and there are not many goods, if there are good goods, Hainan watermelons are more popular than watermelons in Yunnan production areas."
According to the annual watermelon procurement heat of the One Mu Field Platform in 2023, in mid-April every year, the watermelon supply and procurement heat began to rise significantly, which shows that the market demand for watermelon has increased significantly at this time. Judging from the listing time of each production area, before the May Day holiday, the mainland watermelon listing production area was still relatively single, and the supply was small, and the price of watermelon was relatively high at this time. Therefore, it is recommended that the owner of the goods seize the opportunity to sell the goods.