The Spring Festival is coming soon, and now is the day for every household to buy new year’s goods. How about the prices of pork, vegetables and fruits? Will it go up collectively? Come and see the official response.
The picture shows the press conference of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on the operation of key agricultural products market in 2019.
Pork: It won’t go up further.
"Pork jiaozi, dry fried meatballs, braised elbows, sweet and sour pork ribs … …” The Spring Festival is about eating and putting on weight. Pork is the highlight of the Spring Festival dinner table. Only by ensuring the supply and stabilizing the price can the people eat happily.
However, recently, some citizens have reported that pork prices have risen slightly. In this regard, Wang Junxun, the second-level inspector of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that from the monitoring situation in December, the contradiction between supply and demand of pork eased.
According to Keke, Director of the Department of Market and Information Technology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, since October, with the intensive introduction and landing of a series of national and local policies and measures to ensure the stable production and supply of live pigs, the confidence of farmers in raising pigs has increased, the production of live pigs in the country has stopped falling and rebounded, the market is expected to stabilize, and the pork price has remained generally stable after falling back. In December, the average wholesale price of pork was around 43 yuan per kilogram.
Wang Junxun further stated that in addition, there are still a certain number of large pigs in stock, which will be gradually released before the Spring Festival. The stocks of some slaughtering, processing and circulation enterprises are being shipped one after another, and government reserves and imported pork are also being put in one after another. In addition, the peak period of making bacon in the south and killing pigs in the north is about to pass.
"These positive factors do not support the further increase in pork prices before the Spring Festival." Wang Junxun said.
Data Map: On December 27th, citizens bought pork in a supermarket in Tianxin District, Changsha. Photo by Lu Yi
At the same time, the production of beef and mutton, poultry meat, eggs and milk increased in an all-round way in 2019. According to the preliminary calculation of monitoring data, the output of poultry meat increased by more than 15%, the output of beef and mutton increased by about 3%, and the output of eggs increased by about 5.7%. "These products are abundant in the market, which can fill the gap in pork supply to a certain extent and satisfy and enrich the people ‘ Shopping basket ’ 。” Wang Junxun pointed out.
On January 17th, the Chinese Business Reserve Commodity Management Center will release 30,000 tons of central reserve frozen pork for auction, which is the third time in 2020. Since September 2019, the Chinese Business Reserve Commodity Management Center has put in a total of 250,000 tons of central reserve frozen pork. Recently, meat reserves in many places have also been put in one after another to ensure the supply of pork during the Spring Festival.
Vegetables: It is expected to remain basically stable.
The Spring Festival is coming soon. At this time, anyone who doesn’t hoard vegetables is embarrassed to say that he is going to celebrate the Spring Festival.
However, since the winter of 2019, China’s vegetable prices have entered a seasonal upward channel. The increase in December 2019 has increased. The national average wholesale price of 28 kinds of vegetables monitored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was 4.56 yuan per kilogram, up 16.3% from the previous month and 22.3% higher than the same period last year.
According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, from January 6 to 12, the average wholesale price of 30 kinds of vegetables was 4.97 yuan per kilogram, up 0.6% from the previous week, among which the prices of cucumber, green onion and pepper increased by 4.9%, 4.7% and 3.2% respectively.
Data Map: The citizens choose fresh vegetables. Photo by Fion Sun
Regarding the increase of vegetable prices in winter, Keke said that according to the previous years, most of the vegetables in the open field in winter were on the market, while "greenhouse vegetables" and "southern vegetables" became the main products in the market, and the cost of production and circulation increased accordingly, and the price of vegetables generally increased significantly. Generally speaking, the current fluctuation of vegetable prices basically conforms to the law of previous years.
"The recent price increase is a little larger than the previous month, mainly because there were two rounds of rain and snow cooling weather in the main vegetable producing areas in winter and spring, and the cross-regional circulation of vegetables was affected by stages. In addition, the early Spring Festival in 2020 and the early stocking of the market led to a rapid rise in short-term prices." Keke said.
As for many people who feel that the price of vegetables is higher than that of the same period in 2018, Keke explained that the main reason is that in the first half of 2019, the prices of some varieties, such as cauliflower, beans, cucumber and zucchini, were depressed, and the willingness of vegetable farmers to plant decreased, which led to a large increase in market prices and raised the overall vegetable price.
The pace of the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer. Will the price of vegetables keep rising?
"From the later trend, due to the normal warm temperature in winter in 2019, it is more favorable for the production of protected vegetables in the north and overwintering vegetables in the south, and the production and supply of vegetables are generally guaranteed. If there is no continuous large-scale disastrous weather before the Spring Festival, the price of vegetables is expected to remain basically stable, and the price may stabilize and decline after the holiday. " Keke said.
Fruit: It is expected to increase slightly before the Spring Festival.
Apple symbolizes peace and security, orange symbolizes all one’s wishes come true, and grapefruit represents Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan … … Fruit is an indispensable ornament on the table during the Spring Festival, which is not only used to greet relatives and friends, but also to bring a good omen for the coming year. How about the price of fruit in the near future?
According to Keke, in the second half of 2019, with a large number of fruits coming into the market in summer and autumn, the output of apples and pears increased significantly, and the fruit price fell seasonally. Since October, it has been lower than the same period of last year, and the price was basically stable in November and December, with a year-on-year decline of more than 10%.
However, according to the monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, from January 6 to 12, the average wholesale price of six kinds of fruits was 6.71 yuan per kilogram, up 0.9% from the previous week.
Fruit farmers in Coarse Shijiang Town, Jiangyong County send pomelo to all parts of the country. Photo by Chen Jianlin
"From the later trend, the supply of fruit market is mainly in stock, the cost has increased, and consumption is in the peak season. It is expected that the price of fruit will rise slightly before the Spring Festival." Keke said.
"However, with the sufficient supply and rich varieties in the fruit market, especially the storage rate of apples has reached a historical high, and the storage rate of cold storage in most areas has reached 80-90%, and it is unlikely that the price of fruits will fluctuate greatly." Keke stressed that with the weakening of consumption after the holiday, prices will drop slightly.
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Reporter: Xie Yiguan
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