Green onions and peppers are busy raising prices.
Recently, the prices of green onions and peppers are rising in many parts of the country. According to Zhengzhou citizens, the price of vegetables in Zhengzhou has risen, with 6 yuan for an onion and 2 yuan for a pepper. In some supermarkets, the price of green onions has even sold for more than 9 yuan a catty. Ms. Guo, who bought vegetables in RT Mart supermarket in Qiqihar, muttered, "A pound of green onions bought before New Year's Day is only about 5 yuan. Today, a pound of green onions in the supermarket costs 7.28 yuan, which is too fast!"
In addition to green onions, the top gainers among vegetables are "all kinds of peppers", among which the price of screw peppers has reached 15.8 yuan per catty, the price of green peppers has reached 9.58 yuan per catty, and the price of millet peppers is even more eye-catching, reaching 35.8 yuan per catty.
What is the reason for the price increase of green onion and pepper?
1, the weather is cooling down
It is understood that the wholesale price of green onions is between 5.5 yuan and 6 yuan. Wholesale households of green onions say that the origin of green onions has been damaged due to the cooling weather a few days ago, resulting in a shortage of green onions, and there are a large number of vendors hoarding goods, which further promotes the rising price of green onions.
However, the price of pepper is rising. Analysts believe that the recent frost caused by the cold wave will cause partial withering or complete death of plants, which is unfavorable to the growth of crops, directly affects the output of leafy vegetables, and intuitively affects the price increase of leafy vegetables. Frost has also caused difficulties in vegetable picking, road transportation and the increase of warm-keeping costs during transportation, which has led to another increase in vegetable prices.
2, the output is reduced
Affected by the excessive rain last year, the production of green onions was reduced. At the same time, the temperature in winter is low. In Shandong, the main producing area of green onions, most of the land onions are moved into greenhouses for planting, which reduces the planting area and the output of green onions. The above reasons have caused the relative shortage of market supply, so the price of green onions will soar all the way.
3. Peak demand
This winter's cold weather and near the end of the year, major supermarkets and restaurants stocked up in advance to meet the peak of shopping consumption in the Spring Festival, which led to a significant increase in market demand, which in turn led to an increase in vegetable prices, which were generally high, and also led to an increase in the price of green onions.
4. Transfer of origin
The supply of vegetables in the main vegetable producing areas in the north, such as Hebei, Shandong and Henan, has decreased sharply due to the sudden drop in temperature, and the supply of vegetables in greenhouses alone is not enough to meet the market demand. The current market situation that the demand exceeds the supply leads to the "shortage" of southern vegetables, but the southern vegetables themselves mean the increase of freight and labor costs, which makes the prices of peppers and other vegetables rise.
The above is the reason for the busy price increase of green onion and pepper, but according to professional analysis, the high-priced green onion may last until April, and the price of green onion should drop obviously in April and May. With the gradual maturity of peppers in some producing areas, the price of peppers will be suppressed recently. In short, it will not always rise, but will still fall in the later period.