Source: CCTV Finance
Recently, residents in many parts of China have felt the rise in vegetable prices. According to the weekly price monitoring report of the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Market of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, from October 15 to October 22, the average price of 19 kinds of vegetables in the 286 wholesale markets of the country was 4.87 yuan / kg, an increase of 11.6% over the previous week and a year-on-year increase of 27.4%. Among the 19 vegetable prices monitored, cauliflower, eggplant, spinach, beans and celery led the increase, all of which increased by more than 16% month-on-month.
This round of vegetable prices rose In many places, spinach rose in the front
Vegetable prices continue to rise, many people directly call "vegetables are more expensive than meat", such as spinach, this round of rise, its increase in the market around the world are among the best, the reporter in Guangdong, Yunnan, Zhejiang and other places reported.
In some farmers' markets in Shenzhen, spinach sells for up to more than 20 yuan a catty. A number of merchants who deal in vegetables told reporters that since last week, vegetable prices have continued to rise.
A vegetable operator in a farmer's market in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province: too expensive to accept it, and it can't be sold at a price.
Shenzhen, Guangdong: Now some dishes are really more expensive than meat.
At the Jiangbei Farmers' Market in Kunming, Yunnan Province, there is an abundant supply of all kinds of vegetables, but the price of leafy green vegetables marked by the vendors has basically increased by 3 to 8 yuan per kilogram compared with last month, and the price of individual types of vegetables has even doubled.
Vegetable operators in Jiangbei Farmers' Market in Kunming City, Yunnan Province: The wholesale price of spinach is fifteen or six yuan, and it was only sold for four yuan and five yuan some time ago, up several times.
Citizens of Kunming, Yunnan: Chinese cabbage sells for five yuan a kilogram, almost up 50%, up too much.
Subsequently, the reporter came to a vegetable wholesale market in Kunming, although it was not yet noon, but many trucks of vegetables had been sold out. Wholesalers say that as soon as vegetables enter the market, they are bought at high prices by cold storage and sold outside the province.
Vegetable wholesaler in a vegetable wholesale market in Kunming, Yunnan: It is too early outside the province, the vegetables are frozen to death, it is necessary to purchase vegetables from our Kunming, plus it rains, farmers can not pull out so many goods, so the market is out of stock, the supply is not available.
In Ningbo, Zhejiang, the reporter visited a number of vegetable markets and wholesale markets and found that it is not uncommon for vegetables with a unit price of more than 10 yuan per kilogram.
Vegetable wholesaler of Agricultural and Sideline Products Logistics Center in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province: Some time ago, spinach sold at the highest price of 13 yuan, which is the highest price in previous years.
The reporter learned that the main reason for the recent rise in vegetable prices is that many places cool down quickly, resulting in slow growth of some vegetables, and at the same time affected by continuous rainfall, vegetable production has declined. However, as the weather improves and vegetable transportation returns to normal, vegetable prices will also fall.