After the Spring Festival, prices in many categories of agricultural products in the southeastern region of China were significantly fluctuating. The prices of vegetables affected by the weather were significantly higher.
The recent weather become fine and better, the temperature gradually picked up,there an adequate supply in the local market, vegetables prices start going down. The average price of vegetable wholesale was 4.86¥/kg, down 6.43% month-on-month. As the holiday season faded away and consumer demand weakened further, the vegetable prices will continue to go down.
Among the 225 ordinary vegetables monitored last week, 59 were in price increases and 151 were in decline. Among them, the decline of leafy vegetables was more obvious. The average price of cauliflower, greens, coriander and spinach was 3.4¥/kg, 5.8¥/kg, 4.8¥/kg and 4.2¥/kg, and respectively went down 22.1% , 21.5%, 19.2%, 12.32% month-on-month. Pumpkin, tomato, potato and other common vegetable wholesale prices have also declined last week. As seasoning with chives, onion, ginger, garlic and related vegetable, prices are still at high level last week, garlic wholesale price of 16.8¥/kg, slightly higher than the previous price 16¥/kg.
Regarding as red &green bell pepper, due to the origin of the rainy season, at meantime, the market demand increased,so that price went up very quickly in origins of Northwest of China and remained strong; but it did not affect the supply in the Southeast of China, the price is very stable, the wholesale price is around level of 4¥/kg ~ 4.4¥/kg, accordingly, the price of dried bell peppers is stable as well, for reference.