Garlic is making a comeback. The price of garlic in Zhejiang is the highest in the country.

Since the second half of 2016, the price of garlic has been rising all the way, surpassing the price of the "garlic" period in 2010 to an all-time high. In Hangzhou, a jin of garlic costs about 13 yuan, which is more expensive than a jin of pork or two jin of eggs.

Yesterday, at a wholesale vegetable spot in the west of Hangzhou, the price of a jin of Shandong garlic was 12.8 yuan.

The owner of the stall, Boss he, said that at this time last year, the price was about five or six yuan per catty, and since July and August this year, the wholesale price has been rising. "my price card has been changed four or five times. At first, I wrote seven or eight yuan a jin. Later, it was changed to nine yuan or ten yuan per jin, and the price now sold was changed a week ago. Recently, the wholesale price of garlic is still rising, and it is possible to change the brand after this batch is sold out. "

Boss he said that the garlic in Hangzhou is mainly from Shandong, and the garlic sold in the first half of the year is mainly from the previous year's stock, that is, the garlic in the cold storage. The period from late July to mid-August is when new garlic is on the market in large quantities. Garlic prices usually fall, but they have been rising abnormally this year. And, in this round of garlic rising market, the price of Zhejiang is the highest in the country.

According to the monitoring of garlic in major wholesale markets across the country, last Friday, the wholesale price in northern China was the highest in Beijing, at 8 yuan per jin. From a national point of view, the wholesale price of Jiashan, northern Zhejiang fruit and vegetable wholesale market is the highest, as high as 9 yuan per jin, while the price of Yiwu is 8.6 yuan per jin, ranking second among the major wholesale markets in the country.

"the decline in prices year after year, leading to a shortage of stocks, is the main reason for the high price of garlic this year." A wholesaler said. According to a set of statistics, the overall import of garlic in China this year is about 1.8 million tons, 600000 tons less than last year and 900000 tons less than the year before last.

The monitoring of Zhuochuang Information shows that after mid-November, the garlic market in cold storage has only stabilized for a week, and with the cooling and snowfall in the northern region, the mood of sellers has returned. "as the storage volume this year is less than that of the same period last year, most of the garlic merchants currently in stock are full of confidence in the future market, and some plan to ship the goods again before the Spring Festival." The agricultural product analyst of Zhuochuang Information said. Starting from the middle and late November, as the domestic market dealers increased the volume of goods, the origin sellers also began to tentatively raise prices, leading to a rapid rise in garlic prices.

In addition to garlic, the price of chili peppers also experienced a thrilling rise in November.

In mid-November, the out-of-stock price of chili peppers rose by 1 yuan per jin in just four days. Equivalent to a bank of 500t chili peppers, you can earn 1 million in four days! In Shandong Jinxiang, the main producing area of chili peppers, a large number of garlic brokers have been attracted to become chili brokers.

Zhuochuang information statistics show that in November, in addition to Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Anhui, Hubei and other places, green pepper, dry pepper, thin-skin pepper, thick-skin pepper and other pepper varieties, there has been a sharp rise. "the reason for the sharp rise in chili peppers is due to the influence of the early climate." Cui Xiaona, an analyst at Zhuochuang Information, said that on the one hand, due to the influence of early rainfall and high temperature, the output of chili peppers has dropped sharply, on the other hand, the quality of chili peppers has been seriously affected, and good goods are in short supply. As many big dealers expect a reduction in pepper production this year, they have hoarded goods and are more active in acquisitions, which has led to a sharp rise in pepper prices.

However, the National Development and Reform Commission sent people to Jinxiang on November 15 to investigate the cause of the surge in garlic prices. The price and trading volume of chili peppers fell rapidly, but garlic prices remained high.