This year, the ** of Korean apples and pears has risen significantly, and many Korean consumers have expressed reluctance to buy. With high prices, the consumption trend of Korean New Year gift boxes has also changed this year.
Zhu Hongyu, special reporter of the Financial Channel: According to our local life experience in South Korea, we really feel that Korean fruits are more expensive recently. For example, the ** of this bag of pears is 16,800 won, and each pear is about 30 yuan.
Based on yesterday, in the Seoul wholesale market, the ** of 10 kilograms of apples on that day was about 640 yuan, which was more than twice as high as the previous day.
Affected by abnormal weather and other factors, Korean fruits** have been high. According to the latest data released by Statistics Korea, the South Korean fruit consumer ** index in January was about 28% year-on-year, hitting a new high in nearly 13 years. Fruits are becoming more and more expensive, and many South Koreans are reluctant to buy them, or only buy some "ugly fruits" that are not very good-looking but cheap. In the past month, the sales of pears and apples in many large supermarkets in South Korea have fallen by about 20% year-on-year.
Every year during the Spring Festival, Koreans will send Spring Festival gift boxes to relatives and friends, this year with the high fruit **, many Korean consumers feel that it is better to add some money to eat meat, and the Korean cow gift box that originally needed to be ruthless and luxurious to buy has become a very cost-effective gift this year.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, Korean families prepare tea ceremonial tables with fruits, meatloaf, rice cakes, and other foods for the ceremony. With rising prices, according to statistics released yesterday by the Korea Small Businesses Market Promotion Agency, the average cost of a family of four to buy ingredients in the traditional market to buy tea tables this year is about 1,550 yuan, which is about 10% higher than last year, a record high.
In order to stabilize people's livelihood prices, South Korea expanded the ** of 16 high-demand commodities such as apples, beef, and mentai fish to 1 in normal times before the holidayAt the same time, it invested 84 billion won in the budget to support the discounting of goods during the peak Spring Festival season**, which is the largest in history. In the context of the long-term high prices in South Korea, the purchase of traditional Korean tea tables has begun to be simplified, and the consumption trend of Korean consumers to buy New Year gift boxes every year is also changing.
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Intern Editor: Li Cong.