Pre-holiday 90% price increase

Intern reporter Yan Lei reported that sugar orange prices have doubled, Apple prices have risen 2 times, watermelon prices are 3 times the same period last year, the reporter visited the East Railway Station fruit wholesale market found that Xinjiang pear, Yunnan Chuan orange, etc. Also on the list of price increases, the pre-holiday fruit market can be described as "up one."

Yesterday afternoon, Ms. Wang bought a box of apples for 75 yuan at the East Railway Station. Ms. Wang said: “I would like to buy some Red Fuji in Yantai, Shandong, but I would like to have a box of 120 yuan and count it down to 4 dollars.” Mr. Peng from Sichuan has been operating the fruit business at the East Railway Station for 11 years. He said: “This year’s apple price is the most expensive year ever, and 9 kg of red roses from Gansu and Shaanxi will cost 70-80 yuan. A box of Red Fuji in Yantai, Shandong has a minimum of 100 yuan per box, and last year an average of 30-40 yuan per box; watermelon from Myanmar this time around 1.7 yuan per kilogram of wholesale prices, this year rose to 5-6 yuan. ”

Peng said that Apple, watermelons, Xinjiang pears, sugar oranges, etc. are all in the list of price increases, and the increase is not small. The current price of first-grade fragrant pears is the same as the price of pre-priority fragrant pears. - 6 yuan / kg rose to 9-13 yuan / kg, "In addition to papaya and very few varieties, it can be said that 95% of the fruit prices are increasing." Mr. Peng introduced, 2 months ago, per kg of papaya wholesale The price of more than 5 yuan, now only 3-4 yuan, due to the current time when the papaya market, and the demand for papaya during the Spring Festival is not large, resulting in a decrease in the wholesale price of papaya more than 20%. Business owner Xiao Zhang said that in addition to papaya, the wholesale price of American cherries is about 100 yuan a kilogram, and last year the highest price was more than 200 yuan a kilogram. Although some of the real estate oranges and other fruits are not as big as the previous year's prices, However, relative to the off-season, it is still rising a lot. At present, the wholesale price of oranges with better quality is RMB 14/kg.

“The sales volume during the Spring Festival each year accounts for more than 20% of the whole year.” Mr. Peng said that recently there are units to purchase fruit, and the amount of fruit purchased by the unit can account for 60%-70% of all sales, especially apples and pears. Fruits such as oranges are the most popular.

In terms of price increase, Mr. Peng does not believe that there are speculation factors. He said that the large demand is the most important reason. The current market time for sugar orange is nearing completion, and the supply of goods has been greatly reduced; the output of apples in Shaanxi and Gansu, etc. About 10% reduction, but demand in Zhejiang, Guangdong, and other provinces is even larger than in previous years. Some merchants even have access to goods; in addition, the recent climate cooling, labor, raw materials, rising oil prices, etc. are also fruit prices rose years ago the elements of.