Can the price of ginger enter the fast lane of price increase in 2013?

Introduction: the price of ginger soared in 2010, which was jokingly called "Jiang your army" by netizens. However, the prestige of "Jiang your army" has disappeared this year. Especially in the case of the recent rise in the price of many vegetables, the price of ginger remains in the doldrums. The price of ginger from Changyi and other producing areas in Shandong Province is about 0.60 yuan to 0.85 yuan per jin, and the wholesale price of ginger in Beijing and other places is only more than 1 yuan per jin.

A wave of ginger prices soared in 2010, which was jokingly called "Jiang your army" by netizens. However, the prestige of "Jiang your army" has disappeared this year. Especially in the case of the recent rise in the price of many vegetables, the price of ginger remains in the doldrums. The price of ginger from Changyi and other producing areas in Shandong Province is about 0.60 yuan to 0.85 yuan per jin, and the wholesale price of ginger in Beijing and other places is only more than 1 yuan per jin.

At the Xinfadi Agricultural products Wholesale Market in Beijing, five large trucks from Shandong were loaded with ginger, and not many retailers came to buy the goods. The sky was drizzling, and the wholesalers simply sat in the car.

"now the wholesale price for a jin of ginger is 1.30 yuan, and the retail price is 1.56 yuan. I can sell about 2000 jin a day. " The retailer Xiaoji was busy carrying bags of ginger to the van. When asked about his daily income, he shook his head helplessly: "the price of ginger is relatively low in the past two years. Although the sales volume is quite large, it doesn't make much money." In 2010, each jin of ginger can be sold for about 10 yuan, although only four or five hundred jin a day, but the income is much more than this year. "

A wave of ginger prices soared in 2010, which was jokingly called "Jiang your army" by netizens. However, the prestige of "Jiang your army" this year has disappeared. Especially in the case of the recent rise in the price of many vegetables, the price of ginger remains in the doldrums. The price of ginger from Changyi and other producing areas in Shandong Province is about 0.60 yuan to 0.85 yuan per jin, and the wholesale price of ginger in Beijing and other places is only more than 1 yuan per jin.

How did "Jiang your army" evolve into "by Jiang Jun"?

"the price fluctuation of agricultural products is mainly due to changes in supply and demand." Liu Tong, head of the Statistics Department of Xinfadi Agricultural products Wholesale Market, said, "in 2009, the price of ginger was relatively low, and only 70 or 80 cents were sold in our market." So in 2010, the planting area of ginger decreased, coupled with the influence of 'late spring cold', the yield per mu of ginger decreased again. In August and September, the new ginger was not yet on the market, the old ginger was almost sold out, the supply was less than the demand, and the price soared. After that, farmers were encouraged by rising incomes to expand the planting area of ginger, coupled with a good year, a large number of ginger listed directly hit the market price. "

Shandong, Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi are the main producing areas of ginger in China. According to statistics, before 2008, the national ginger planting area was about 1.5 million mu to 1.8 million mu, expanded to 2.28 million mu in 2009, and 4.3 million mu in 2011. Although the acreage this year has been reduced by about 25% compared with last year, due to the previous large-scale expansion, the current market situation still exceeds demand, and prices continue to fall.

Affected by this, the profit space of ginger management is narrowing. "our price for ginger this year is about 50 cents per jin, and we will sell it to the next family with an increase of 20 cents. Excluding freight and other costs, there is really not much left. " Wholesaler Di Chuantao sighed.

"Ginger merchants may make less profit this year, but they will not lose money." Liu Tong judged that this round of price downturn, the most "injured" or ginger farmers, "the purchase price of ginger per jin is less than 5 to 6 hair, there will be a loss."

When it comes to the price of ginger this year, Lao Tian, a farmer in Qingzhou City, Shandong Province, paused and spit out four words-"very not optimistic." In 2008, he planted more than 30 mu of ginger and sold it to acquirers at a price of 2 to 3 yuan per jin, making a lot of money. "Last year and this year's ginger is very difficult to sell. The good ginger is only 40 or 50 cents, and the bad ginger can't be sold at all. Coupled with the rising prices of chemical fertilizers and labor, the cost per mu of land is more than 6000 yuan. Now there is a loss of 3000 to 4000 yuan per mu of land for growing ginger, which has almost used up all the money earned a few years ago. " Lao Tian's words showed helplessness: "sell one jin to lose one jin, but what can you do if you don't sell it?"

Chen Baomin, a ginger broker in Qingzhou, told reporters that last year, the planting area of ginger in Qingzhou was 30,000 mu to 40,000 mu, and now the planting area has been reduced by 25% because of the bad market situation. "the purchase price is so low that many farmers do not grow ginger and switch to food crops and vegetables with better benefits in recent years."

Will the price of ginger enter the fast lane of rising prices again next year?

Over the past few years, China's potatoes, mung beans, garlic, green onions and other agricultural products have all gone round and round in the circle of "increasing production and reducing prices, reducing production and increasing prices."