Since the end of September this year, the price of garlic in cold storage has been falling all the way, falling by three or four cents per catty in less than a month. Vendors who used to store garlic in cold storage now have to pay at least 1000 yuan a ton. Because they are not optimistic about the market outlook, some traders now have panic selling.

At nine o'clock in the morning, at the door of a cold storage in Jinxiang County, Shandong Province, the workers were busy loading garlic into the truck. Zhao Lijie, a garlic distributor, told reporters that garlic has just been sold, but the price is not ideal. Garlic costs more than 1 yuan per catty.

Zhao Lijie, a garlic merchant in Jinxiang, Shandong Province, said, "1 piece sells for more than 90 cents per catty, and two pieces collect more than 60 cents. There are about three pieces in the warehouse. " By the time the car was sold out, Zhao Lijie had sold out all the more than 200 tons of garlic in stock this year. Although Yi * * lost more than 300,000 yuan, he would rather clear the warehouse as soon as possible. Zhao Lijie said, "I sold it, and I'm worried that the price will drop again in the future. Worried about the later price, I lost money and sold it now. I am not optimistic. There are many tons of garlic saved this year. "

It is reported that garlic merchants are currently in a state of total loss. This year, garlic production reached more than 6.3 million tons, up more than 30% year-on-year. As a result, the purchase price of new garlic in June was about 1.7 yuan/kg, which was much lower than the price of 4 yuan/kg in the same period last year, but then the price rose and reached 2.8 yuan/kg in mid-July. From June to August this year, the average warehousing price in jinxiang garlic was around 2.4 yuan/kg, and the refrigeration cost should reach more than 2.7 yuan/kg. But at the end of September, when garlic was sold in cold storage, the price dropped from 2.3 yuan/kg to 2 yuan/kg now. That is to say, the garlic merchant has to pay at least 0.7 yuan per catty. Some small households that have saved hundreds of tons admit that they have sold them, while large households that have saved thousands or even tens of thousands of tons are sticking to their teeth.

Cui, a garlic merchant in Yantai, Shandong Province, said: "I have saved more than 10,000 tons with a total investment of nearly 60 million. Now it costs almost 2000 yuan to sell a ton. I can't sell it in a hurry. " Ma Zhuang, an agent in Shandong jinxiang garlic, said: "The sales volume of commodities can account for 60-70%. The enthusiasm for overall sales this year is still relatively high, and there is such a panic. "