The price of ginger broke the ten-year high and the high price did not make a high profit.

In a warehouse of more than 30 square meters, a couple who are nearly 50 years old work more than 10 hours a day. Lao Cao and his wife have been doing wholesale business in the Nine District Wholesale Market for more than ten years, and the whole family's expenses come from this.

Since 2010, the prices of a variety of agricultural and sideline products represented by garlic and mung beans have often doubled or plummeted in a short period of time. As a result, slightly playful terms such as "garlic is ruthless", "beans you play" and "Jiang your army" are all the rage, and Lao Cao and his wife are witnesses to the sharp rise and fall of agricultural and sideline products.

Ginger's business is difficult to do.

Working as a wholesale worker for more than a decade, we have also experienced several sharp rises and falls in prices. In the past, when the prices of agricultural products rose, it was indeed a good time to make money, but now, when the price of ginger has broken through the high point of nearly a decade, Lao Cao is not happy. Lao Cao told reporters that although the price of ginger has risen this year, it has not sold as well as in previous years, and sales have fully decreased by 1/3.

"in previous years, the purchase price of ginger is usually 10 yuan / kg, the most expensive time is 12 yuan / kg, this year the purchase price has reached 20 yuan / kg. In previous years, you can sell more than 10,000 jin in two or three days, but this year, it will be good to sell it in more than ten days. " At this point, Lao Cao began to smoke.

Lao Cao told reporters that they usually do business on loans, and once they lose money, it will take two years at the earliest to pay off the loan, or they may lose all their money. The prices of agricultural products have fluctuated greatly in recent years, and the risk of doing business has become more and more serious.

Lao Cao said that apart from the high price of ginger, the influx of ginger traders from Harbin and other surrounding areas to sell ginger this year has also had a great impact on local wholesalers.

High price is not equal to high profit

Lao Cao, who has been working wholesale for more than a decade, is also a witness to "garlic you are very" and "Jiang your army" in recent years. In 2010, "garlic is ruthless", Lao Cao experienced the taste of riding a roller coaster at the price of garlic.

Lao Cao told the reporter that when the price of garlic first rose, he did make money, but the good times did not last long, and then the price began to plummet. Garlic is generally purchased in advance and sold in autumn and winter. In 2010, the purchase price was about 8 yuan per kilogram, and when it was sold again in the fall, it rose to 12 yuan per kilogram, and demand was still in short supply. I made more than one hundred thousand yuan that year. But the price began to fall the following year. For garlic harvested at 8 yuan per kilogram, the price fell to 4 yuan per kilogram in autumn, and a truck of 30 tons of garlic lost a total of 50,000 to 60,000 yuan. " Lao Cao said.

Referring to the changes in the price of ginger in recent years, Lao Cao recalled, "in 2010, the price rose relatively hard, and the price did not fluctuate much in other years." Prices as high as this year are also the first in nearly a decade. But we don't make money at such a high price. "

Lao Cao calculated an account for the reporter. The original purchase price of ginger was 6 yuan per kilogram, but now it is 19.6 yuan per kilogram. Lao Cao now averages about 10 tons of goods a week, with a cost of nearly 20,000 yuan, with a car fare of 280,330 yuan per car. the market entry fee is 2050 yuan per time, the unloading labor fee is about 250 yuan, and the warehouse fee is about 300 yuan per day. A kilogram of ginger wholesale only 20 yuan, in such a high cost, ginger can not sell the quantity, this week is a loss. Now that there is such a sharp rise and fall, it is common to lose NT $10,000 or NT $20,000 a year.

The best seller in Lao Cao's shop now is onions. The second is garlic, while ginger can only make ends meet.

There is no law to rise and fall, and there is no way to start.

Since July, the price of ginger in our city has been rising continuously. Up to now, the retail price of ginger has risen to 30 yuan / kg. Many citizens shout that it is too expensive to bear, and a new round of "Jiang your army" is coming again.

New ginger will be on the market in October, so can the price come down? Lao Cao judged from years of experience that the price of ginger may not necessarily come down by the end of this year. "the storage period of new ginger is short, and it usually takes about 2 months of cellar storage before it becomes old ginger on the market, so the price of ginger will not come down during this period of time. In addition, there are fewer farmers growing ginger this year than in previous years, and the supply is less than the demand. " Lao Cao said.

Faced with the sharp rise and fall of agricultural and sideline products, Lao Cao felt very helpless. There are too many factors affecting the market, prices rise and fall irregularly, but there is little they can do. Most of the crops in our country are planted on a household basis, and the planting is scattered and on a small scale, so it is impossible to know how many places are being planted this year and how the output is. In addition, there will also be influence among various regions in the province, and agricultural products from neighboring cities and counties are sold on a large scale in our city, resulting in price shocks, and so on, which is also an irresistible factor for him. Perhaps these factors will release information after price fluctuations, but until then, the information is not available to him at any time.