Henan: after five years, "garlic is ruthless" again?

After a lapse of five years, "garlic is ruthless" strikes again, and it is Tuhao who can eat garlic.

Due to the reduction of planting area and garlic inventory in the main garlic producing areas, the price of garlic is generally more than 10 yuan per jin in Zhengzhou market, and "garlic hard" may continue before the Spring Festival.

[price] the price of garlic breaks through the 10 yuan mark

Now if you go to the stewed noodle restaurant in Zhengzhou and ask for a bowl of stewed noodles, you will find that the boss does not provide the classic side dish-garlic. The reporter learned from the supermarket in Zhengzhou that a bag of fine garlic can be sold for 12 yuan. The garlic in the vegetable market is also more than 10 yuan per jin, and the garlic with bad appearance should be at least 8 yuan per jin.

Mr. Sun, a merchant at Wanbang vegetable Wholesale Market, said that the price of garlic this year can be said to be the highest since 2011. looking at the current trend, it is very difficult to reduce the price of garlic before the Spring Festival, and it is normal to retail for more than ten yuan per jin at that time. The high price of garlic will also make the price of garlic seedlings very high in autumn and winter.

Fortunately, garlic is not a rigid demand for ordinary people. "in addition to fried screws, mussels and other river fresh must use garlic, stir-fry other dishes as far as possible with ginger, green onions instead." Mr. Zhu, a citizen, said that now the price of ginger and green onions is only 1/3 of that of garlic, so the consumption of garlic can only be reduced as much as possible.

Low yield is the main reason for the increase in the price of garlic.

"Farmers in Henan, Shandong and other major garlic producing areas have all come out to work, and fewer and fewer people grow garlic." A garlic vendor from Shandong said that nowadays young people are unwilling to cultivate land, and coupled with the fact that the price of garlic goes up and down, many young people feel that growing garlic can't make much money. as a result, the planting area of garlic in Henan and Shandong, including northern Jiangsu, has been decreasing in recent years.

In addition, the cold wave hit at the beginning of this year, resulting in a reduction in garlic production in many places, garlic production this year is not high, and the time to market has been delayed.

Therefore, since the new garlic came on the market this year, it has been running at a high level. When the new garlic with a lot of moisture is on the market, the price is five or six yuan per jin, and it is more than 8 yuan per jin at the end of June.

According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce, garlic stocks across the country are at a low level this year, up from more than 2 million tons last year to about 600000 tons in early March.