The official average price of vegetables in December 2023 is the lowest in nearly five years

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-02-01

Zhongxin Jingwei, January 11 According to the Planting Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, since mid-December 2023, cold air activities have been frequent, and the temperature in most parts of the central and eastern regions has been lower than that of the same period in normal years. At present, the national vegetable field area of 78.03 million mu, an increase of 860,000 mu year-on-year, the foundation of supply is better, it is expected that the temperature in most of the main vegetable producing areas in January is close to the normal or high, and the vegetables are guaranteed.

According to the fixed-point monitoring of vegetable land prices, the average price of 28 kinds of vegetables in December 2023 is 297 yuan kg, compared with **222%, 16 higher than the same period last year0%。The price of vegetables in December is mainly due to the impact of three rounds of cold air processes since mid-December, and the temperature in Northeast China, North China, eastern and northern Huanghuai, central and eastern Jianghuai is 1-4 lower than that of the same period in normal years, which is not conducive to vegetable flowering and fruit setting and yield formation. However, compared with the average year, the average price of land in December was 4 percent lower than that of the same period in the past five years6%, which is the second lowest level in the past five years and only higher than the same period in 2022. Since January this year, although the cold air activity is frequent, but the intensity is weak, the temperature is generally higher than normal, and the vegetable ** is stable and slightly reduced, and the daily average price of vegetables on January 9 is 309 yuan kg, down about 6% from the beginning of the month.

From a regional point of view, the head price of vegetables in the six dominant areas is generally **. The three dominant areas of high-latitude summer and autumn vegetables in the north, summer and autumn vegetables on the Loess Plateau, and vegetables in the Huang-Huai-Hai and Bohai Rim facilities were greatly affected by the cold air, and the cost increased due to the conversion of open-field production to facility production, and the land head price increased by more than 30% month-on-month. The three dominant areas, including winter and spring vegetables in the Yangtze River Basin, summer and autumn vegetables in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and winter and spring vegetables in the hot areas of South China and Southwest China, increased by 36%—6.5%, which is generally stable.

In terms of varieties, most of the 28 kinds of vegetables saw a month-on-month increase in prices. Among them, 8 kinds of vegetables, including cabbage, tomatoes, eggplants, loofahs, spinach, leeks, peppers, and rape, increased by more than 25% month-on-month. The price of leeks is mainly driven by the winter solstice, New Year's Day and other festivals, and several other vegetables are mainly open field and cold shed vegetables in northern producing areas such as Shandong and Hebei have been put on the market, turning into higher-cost facility production, and at the same time, affected by the cold wave and a wide range of rain and snow weather, the growth of vegetables in the central and eastern regions has slowed down, the difficulty of management and harvesting has increased, and the output has declined in stages.

The Department of Planting Management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that the analysis and judgment of all aspects of the situation show that the current national vegetable production foundation is good, and it is expected that the meteorological conditions in January will be generally favorable, and vegetable production will be guaranteed.

First, the area of vegetables increased year-on-year. According to the dispatch, the current national vegetable field area is 78.03 million mu, an increase of 860,000 mu year-on-year. Among them, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou, Fujian, Hainan and other 7 major producing provinces of "southern vegetables to the north" have a field area of 30.23 million mu, an increase of 490,000 mu year-on-year; Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, Anhui, Hebei, Liaoning and other six main facilities vegetable producing provinces in the field area of 23.59 million mu, an increase of 100,000 mu year-on-year.

Second, the meteorological conditions are conducive to vegetable production. According to the meteorological department, in January, in addition to Inner Mongolia and some parts of the northeast may have periodic frost damage and snow disasters, and there may be low temperature and rain damage in the south, the temperature in most parts of the north is close to the normal year, and the temperature in most of the south is normal or high, and the risk of frost damage is generally small, which is conducive to the stability of vegetables. China-Singapore Jingwei app).

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