In recent days, several vegetable producing areas in the north have experienced a round of rainfall, which has set off a vegetable market boom and warmed up the original vegetable market. Pumpkins, cucumbers, cabbages, etc. have increased in price. The purchase price of many kinds is one catty higher than 2 yuan, which is even more expensive in the market. Among them, red pepper has to be mentioned.
At the beginning of June, the purchase price of red pepper was as low as 60 cents a catty. At that time, the weather was hot, the growth rate of pepper vegetables was fast, and the planting area was wide, so the supply exceeded demand, and the low price was inevitable. But now the price of red pepper has risen to a kilo in 5.5 yuan, an increase of 9 times, which is staggering.
Shandong, Hebei and other places in the north have had a great impact on the growth of vegetables after more than a week of continuous rainfall. After leafy vegetables were flooded, the yield decreased, melons and peppers fell into slow growth, and so did red peppers. In addition, there are few peppers in the south recently, mainly relying on the supply from the northern producing areas, which further aggravated the supply shortage of red peppers. At present, the supply of red pepper is in short supply in many places, and the price is rising. The purchase price of the place of origin reached one catty in 5.5 yuan. 6.7 yuan is the basic operation in the market. If the market is far away, the superimposed freight will have to be sold above 8 yuan.
At present, the prices of many vegetables are rising, and red pepper is just one of them. It is normal for the vegetable market to have obvious fluctuations every time it encounters such extreme weather. And the high price of red pepper, the recent extreme weather is just a fuse. Varieties such as round pepper, snail pepper and line pepper are often expensive at the beginning of each year, which attracts many southern vegetable farmers to plant in spring. However, in recent two years, they have been planted at a low price of a few cents a catty or are unsalable, so their enthusiasm for planting is not high now, and they have become the main suppliers in the northern producing areas in summer.
At present, the supply of red pepper is tight, but the arrival of summer vacation and the recovery of catering markets in many places have led to an increase in market demand, and it will be difficult to reduce its price in a short time. First, it will take some time for the output to recover, or the existing producing areas will give strength and other producing areas will fill the gap; Second, the rain stops quickly, and it returns to sunny days to promote the growth of red peppers, or other varieties of peppers can be replaced. However, at present, the price of pepper is not only red pepper, but also other varieties have increased to a certain extent.
Due to the concentration of producing areas and extreme weather, the market volatility is more intense. Just like many ginger plantations in Shandong have been flooded recently, it is hard to say how much the price of ginger will rise in June this year. Now red pepper has just appeared earlier. The price of more than a kilo in 8 yuan on the market is not close to the people at all. Many netizens said they would not be able to afford it.
In the face of the sluggish market in the past six months, many people have become more rational in consumption. Fortunately, low-priced vegetables did not add too much pressure to their lives. Now that all kinds of vegetables have risen sharply, it will be difficult to choose to go to the vegetable market to buy food.