The market development prospect of onion and garlic vegetables is very good, because these vegetables have high edible value, not only contain a variety of nutrients, but also have health care and medicinal effects, so people pay more and more attention to them, and there is great room for development in both domestic and international markets.

First of all, this kind of vegetable is widely eaten in our country, which can be eaten raw, fried or pickled, and has a large domestic consumption. Take garlic as an example. At present, China's garlic planting area is about 260,000 hectares, and the annual output of garlic products is about 5 billion kilograms, including green garlic, garlic yellow, garlic bolts, garlic heads, etc. Most of them are consumed at home, and the export volume only accounts for 5.4%. Leek, onion and scallion are partly used as processing raw materials, and most markets are still dominated by domestic consumption.

The export market space of onion and garlic products is very large. According to statistics, in 2002, fresh garlic and frozen garlic were the first varieties whose export volume exceeded 654.38+10,000 tons, followed by other fresh or frozen vegetables. Garlic vegetables such as fresh or frozen onions, shallots and leeks are also exported one after another. The average price of garlic vegetables such as fresh or frozen leeks, dried onions and dried dehydrated garlic has increased, and the export situation is very good. For example, the export market of garlic products in China is getting bigger and bigger, and the consumption of garlic products in the world is increasing at an average rate of 20% every year, while the export volume of garlic in China has increased at an annual rate of 1 1570 tons in the past 20 years, reaching 320 million kilograms in 1993, earning foreign exchange1. Garlic exporting countries in China have grown to six continents11countries and regions.

The processing market prospect of onion and garlic vegetables is also very good. Besides cold storage, salting, quick freezing and dehydration, garlic and onion can also be developed into a variety of deep-processed products. For example, garlic can be developed into dehydrated garlic slices, garlic powder, Yujing garlic slices, garlic, garlic oil, garlic wine, oral liquid, garlic juice drinks and other series of health products. The development of garlic medicinal products includes allicin capsules, garlic paste, garlic syrup, garlic leaching solution, garlic liquid injection and so on. And the development of odorless allicin bath lotion, hair care and hair growth lotion, fresh-keeping preservatives and other daily chemical products. Onions can also be processed into dehydrated onion slices, made into onion capsules and extracted with onion oil.