According to Xinhua News Agency's systematic monitoring of the national agricultural and sideline products and agricultural prices, compared with the previous day, the prices of pork, eggs, vegetables and aquatic products mainly rose on August 15; The prices of beef, mutton, fruit and edible oil fluctuated slightly; The prices of finished grain and milk are basically stable.
Of the 2/kloc-0 vegetables monitored, the price of 13 increased, 3 remained flat and 5 decreased. The price increases of cowpea, spinach, green beans and tomatoes ranged from 1. 1% to 1.7%, while the price increases of Chinese cabbage, celery, rape, white radish, onion, pepper, bitter gourd, garlic and ginger did not exceed 1%. The prices of lettuce, eggplant and pepper are flat; The prices of cucumbers, potatoes, cabbages, carrots and green onions dropped by 0.5%-0.8%.
The price of ginger continues to rise, and there are signs of slowing down recently, but the price increase in some cities is still relatively large. The data shows that from July 14 to August 15, the national ginger price rose for 33 days to 6.57 yuan per catty, with a cumulative increase of 18.2%. From the perspective of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, nearly 50% of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities increased by more than 20%, among which Shanghai, Tianjin and Jiangsu were among the top gainers, accounting for 34.3%, 32.7% and 3 1.4% respectively.
Reduced ginger production
There are many reasons for the high price of ginger at present. Both local vendors and ginger farmers said that the decline in ginger production caused by weather factors last year was the main reason for the high price of ginger. However, the reporter learned in an interview in Anqiu, Shandong Province that the reason for the price increase of ginger is not so simple.
It is understood that the continuous decline in the price of ginger in the past two years has reduced the enthusiasm of ginger farmers to plant ginger, resulting in a decrease in planting. In addition, in 2009, due to weather factors, the production of ginger in Weifang, Shandong Province was reduced by about 10%.
There is a saying that the price of ginger is "three years expensive and three years cheap". 1In 1996, the price of ginger reached 12.5 yuan per catty, and then it fell all the way. In 2004, the price of ginger reached 5 yuan per catty. In 2006, the price of ginger dropped to 0.4 yuan per catty. This year, the highest price of ginger rushed to 4.6 yuan.
A small amount of fried ginger is now leaving.
In addition, like garlic, mung beans and other agricultural products, there are speculators in the circulation of ginger. In Anqiu Ginger Garlic Wholesale Market, many merchants said that the sudden surge in ginger prices at the end of July was related to these ginger speculators.
According to reports, ginger speculators come from nearby Laiwu and Linyi, and there are also speculators from Jiangsu. They will first hoard some ginger when the price of ginger is relatively low, and then use some funds to buy it at a high price in the wholesale market. After a few days, the price of ginger will increase rapidly. Ginger speculators immediately took a high position and cashed out. These speculators buy at least 2000 to 3000 tons of ginger at a time. If the difference is calculated at 50 cents, they will make a profit of 20 to 3 million yuan after selling. However, the manager of the wholesale market of ginger and garlic in Anqiu market told us that it is unlikely that this round of ginger price increase will be driven by hot money speculation. Because a ginger is too expensive and large, it is difficult for funds to manipulate the market.
Jiang Nong is reluctant to sell
This round of ginger price increase, in addition to the reduction in output and a small number of speculators speculation, there is another reason, that is, ginger farmers. Because ginger is easy to store, many ginger farmers take it home from the ground and store it directly. It is the special storage method of ginger that gives ginger farmers a certain say in price. This year, when Jiang farmers learned that the output was reduced and the market price was on the rise, they chose to be reluctant to sell. This has also led to an increase in the price of ginger to a certain extent.
According to industry analysis, 40% of the ginger harvested last year is still in the hands of ginger farmers. Although the newly planted ginger will be on the market in one and a half months this year, the farmers expect that the price of ginger will continue to rise during this period, so they are reluctant to sell it.