Kuang Shan in Ji'nan vegetable wholesale market, "I left it five hundred or six hundred pounds of celery, cabbage!" vegetable wholesalers old Geng said, because the weather is hot and humid, soon rotten vegetables, he has reduced the amount of wholesale, but still left a lot, "up to the price of a wet day rain dish. A ten day, Chinese cabbage price to four dollars from two dollars a pound, have more than doubled, the price more marketable." Geng said, vegetable prices also followed him to sell expensive, we earn a few cents a pound is, take the amount of food, selling expensive but not good money, (because) people buy less, the amount can not go."
According to the price monitoring data show that in July 27th, the auspicious yuan farmers market in the sale of celery 2.5 yuan per catty 3.5 yuan per catty, rape, spinach, eggplant 5.5 yuan per kilogram, 1.5 yuan per kilogram, compared with last week, prices rose 38.9%, 75%, 10%, 50%; compared to the same period in the previous month, celery prices were flat, rape, spinach, eggplant the price rose by 75%, 83.3%, 25%. In addition, auspicious yuan farmer's market, eight Li bridge, sparse vegetables market and so on many city farmer's market vegetables all present the volume to reduce the price the situation.
According to the Municipal Price Bureau relevant staff analysis, the spinach has been part of the vegetable production peak, the market for reduced prices rose. In addition, other vegetables because of continuous rainfall, transportation and picking impact, the cost increase led to vegetable prices also rose. The persistent rainy and muggy weather also makes vegetables perishable and increases the cost of selling, resulting in higher prices. Due to the rainy weather in northern China, it is expected that vegetables will continue to rise slightly in the near future.
(source: Shun) [original title: Ji'nan: hot and rainy day leaves has doubled the price of vegetables vegetable production peak]
