"What is the price of vegetables rising now?" In the past, 7 yuan could buy two pounds of vegetable hearts, but now you can only buy one pound, and there are only a few pounds a pound! Aunt Jian, a citizen of Guangzhou, sighed and saw the "body value" in the supermarket soaring, she had to give up, turned around and bought 1.98 yuan / kg of winter melon.
Recently, the news of soaring vegetable prices has attracted the attention of the public, and many citizens have directly called "vegetables are more expensive than meat". What is the current situation in guangzhou? On October 28, the Nandu Poll Social Survey and Public Opinion Research Group visited the Jiangnan Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market and 8 supermarkets and meat and vegetable markets in Guangzhou to understand the current changes in vegetable prices. Judging from the visits, the price of vegetables in Guangzhou remains high, but many wholesalers and market vendors have reported that due to the continuous listing of local vegetables, the prices of many vegetables have begun to decline from the 27th. In this regard, some citizens said that the price reduction is not obvious.
The current price of vegetables in Guangzhou is still high, and discounted vegetables are popular with the public
During the field visit, many Guangzhou citizens reported that the price of vegetables has increased significantly in recent days. Aunt Jian, who lives in Tianhe Gangding, said that the previous pound of loofah was 4 yuan, and now it has risen to more than 6 yuan, and the price of oil and wheat vegetables has also risen from 3 yuan a pound to 6 yuan, doubling. Liu Bo, who lives near Huajing Road, reflected that the price of leafy vegetables has risen the most, and the green vegetables that usually cost a few yuan a pound have risen to more than 10 yuan in the past week or two, which makes him "a bit overwhelmed".
In CR Wanjia Yuexiu stores, vegetable prices are generally higher.
In order to further understand the current changes in vegetable prices, the researchers of the research group visited some supermarkets and meat and vegetable markets in Guangzhou, and learned from the supermarket clerks that compared with the same period last year, the current prices of many vegetables have a certain increase, mostly seven or eight yuan a catty, especially seasonal dishes and local dishes, with a large increase. Spinach, broccoli and other prices are higher, the lowest price of more than 10 yuan a pound, the highest price can reach more than 20 yuan a pound, such as October 28 Qian Aunt Huajing Road shop spinach price of 25.3 yuan / catty.
According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, from October 15 to 22, the average price of 19 kinds of vegetables in the wholesale markets of 286 production and marketing areas nationwide was 4.87 yuan / kg, of which the prices of cauliflower, eggplant, spinach, beans and celery increased significantly from the previous month, reaching 26.9%, 20.3%, 17.5%, 16.8% and 16.7% respectively, up 24.5%, 41.2%, 85.8%, 20.8% and 22.2% respectively. According to this calculation, the average price of 19 vegetables has risen by 27% since October. The Jiangnan market monitoring data of Guangdong's largest fruit and vegetable wholesale market shows that the vegetables with large price increases are pu melon, eggplant and cabbage heart, and the average trading price this week is 3.46 yuan / kg, 2.81 yuan / kg and 4.59 yuan / kg, up 60%, 60% and 56.8% respectively.
In this regard, some citizens revealed their "grocery shopping strategies" to researchers. Aunt Lin, who lives in Tianhetang, said that she would not consider expensive vegetables that rose quickly when she bought vegetables recently, and in order to save money, she is currently buying vegetables in the vegetable discount area of supermarkets. Aunt Chen, the clerk in charge of the vegetable area of Wal-Mart Tangxia Store, said that the supermarket requires that the dishes must be sold out on the same day, so it has set up a vegetable discount area, and the dishes will be sold at half price after eight o'clock every night. Recently, the price of dishes has risen, and many customers will deliberately buy in the discount area after 8 pm, which is a few more adults than before. In addition, Aunt Chen also found that customers now buy more dishes that are easy to store, such as carrots, winter melons, etc., and less choose leafy vegetables that are not easy to store. The clerk of Aunt Qian's Huajing Road store also told researchers that in recent days, the sales volume of vegetables with relatively good storage or low growth rates has been larger, such as white radish, pumpkin, cabbage, lettuce, Chinese cabbage, etc., while eggplant, spinach and other high prices have lower sales.
Reasons such as weather changes and longer vegetable growing cycles affect supply
Why have vegetable prices risen sharply? Mr. Li, a vegetable wholesaler in Jiangnan Market, told researchers that the purchase points of Jiangnan Market are mainly Yunnan, Shandong, Henan, Jiangxi and Hunan, especially Yunnan, but some time ago floods occurred in Yunnan, Jiangxi and other places, coupled with entering early winter, the temperature plummeted, many vegetables were frozen at the same time, the growth cycle of some vegetables was also extended, the vegetables that could grow well in a month now take 40-50 days, and the output was greatly reduced, which also led to an increase in vegetable prices.
Taking white radish as an example, the white radish in the Jiangnan market is mainly purchased in Yunnan, and at the beginning of the year, no one cared about white radish, many Yunnan vegetable farmers abandoned the seeds, coupled with the rain in Yunnan some time ago, the yield was affected; in addition, affected by the epidemic prevention and control, the vegetable transportation channels in local areas were not smooth, and the transportation time and transportation costs increased, resulting in a rapid decline in supply. Some time ago in Guangdong, due to the arrival of typhoons, the temperature dropped, and many citizens began to play side stoves and stew lamb, which required a large amount of white radish, which led to a shortage of supply, and the price of white radish soared.
Huang Hanquan, director of the Price And Cost Survey Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, also pointed out in an interview with the media that the recent rapid rise in vegetable prices in some regions is caused by a number of short-term factors. On the one hand, the current vegetables are in the autumn and winter, and frequent extreme weather has also caused the reduction of vegetable production and volume in some areas; on the other hand, the price of domestic fertilizers, pesticide seeds and so on has risen since the beginning of this year, the cost of vegetable planting has increased, and the transportation costs such as superimposed gasoline and diesel have increased, which has jointly pushed up vegetable prices.
In the Gangnam market, many wholesalers said that the price of vegetables has fallen.
Local dishes have been listed one after another, and Guangzhou vendors said that the price of vegetables has begun to fall since the 27th
However, Mr. Li revealed to the researchers that the recent weather has improved, and local dishes have also been listed, which can largely alleviate the shortage of supply, and the wholesale price has also been reduced in recent days. For example, 10 days ago, the 34 kilograms of oil and wheat vegetables were 135 yuan, which has now dropped to 110 yuan; the wholesale price of lettuce was 100 kilograms and 560 yuan when it was most expensive, and the current price has dropped to 460 yuan; the current price of white radish is 27 kilograms between 90 and 120 yuan, which is 210 to 380 yuan lower than the most expensive.
Some vendors in the Siyou Meat and Vegetable Market and Dongchuan New Street Market also said that since the 27th, the price of many vegetables has declined, such as tongcai from 7 yuan / jin on the 26th to 6 yuan / jin on the 28th, spinach has also dropped from 18 yuan more than 16 yuan / jin on the 26th, cucumbers have dropped from 10 yuan / jin to 7 yuan / jin, and the price of broccoli on the 28th has dropped from 16 yuan / jin to about 12 yuan, but the overall decline is small. Vendors have said that in the past few days, local dishes have been listed, such as kale, oil wheat vegetables, vegetable hearts, broccoli, etc., so the overall price of vegetables has declined. Asked if many citizens have felt the price reduction of vegetables, Aunt Jian, Liu Bo, and Aunt Lin all said that they did not feel it, "The drop is not obvious, I hope to return to the time when three or four dollars a pound of vegetable hearts is fast," Aunt Jian sighed. In this regard, the market analysis of the Jiangnan market pointed out that Guangzhou has entered autumn, and with the passage of time, the temperature will further decline, and it is expected that the price of vegetables will remain high in the near future.
In the Railway Meat and Vegetable Market in Tianhe District, the price of vegetables has declined, but the decline has not been large.
How to protect the "vegetable basket"? On October 28, Shu Jueting, spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce, said at the press conference that the Ministry of Commerce will actively carry out the work of ensuring supply and stabilizing prices, track the operation of the market for vegetables, meat, grain and oil and other daily necessities on a daily basis, pay close attention to the market supply and demand and price changes in the whole country and the epidemic-spreading areas, and on the basis of strengthening monitoring and early warning, deploy localities to do a good job in ensuring the supply and price stability of the market for daily necessities this winter and next spring, establish and improve the joint guarantee and supply mechanism, timely release government reserves, and urge commercial and trade circulation enterprises to strengthen the connection between production and marketing. Increase the number of stockpiles in key periods and solve possible problems in a timely manner.
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Consumer Life Monitoring List No. 101
Project Producer: Nandu Poll Center
Project Producer: Xie Bin Zhang Chun
Project Host: Xie Xiaoqing
Project Execution: Nandu Researcher Xie Xiaoqing Tu Changfang Mai Jieying
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