Ginger price approaching 10 yuan per catty broke the industry speculation in hot money rose 400%

After "beans you play" and "garlic you chant," "Ginger Youjun" has not been discussed but is also being staged in Guangzhou. Yesterday, the reporter visited some supermarkets in Guangzhou and found that the price per kilogram of ginger reached 9.63 yuan, approaching the psychological threshold of 10 yuan. Many people hope that "Jiang" can sigh.

Some industry sources reported to reporters that the planting areas of ginger in Shandong and Fujian have been found to have reduced the planting area of ​​ginger by only about 15% last year. According to common sense, ginger is more difficult to store for a long time and should not present current prices. Soaring 4 to 5 times. Among them, hot money is hard to blame, and some people use sand traps to allow ginger to store more for 6 to 8 months in order to control the amount of ginger listed, so as to seek a difference.

Market: Jiang more expensive than meat <br> <br> who lives in Panyu Liang recently done a father, to the market to buy ginger, vinegar, cook trotter "Vinegar trotter pot", but a look into the wholesale market, but It was dazzled by the high price of ginger. In the Jiangnan fruit and vegetable wholesale market, the best wholesale price of Shajiang is 6.5 yuan/kg, the cheapest is 6.3 yuan/kg, and less than 200 kg is spent more than 1,200 yuan.

Compared to wholesale prices, the retail price of ginger is even higher. Reporters yesterday went to a large supermarket near the Kecun Interchange and found that the supermarket's price of ginger was 9.63 yuan/kg, almost equal to the psychological threshold of 10 yuan. A pound of flower and flesh is worth 10 yuan. Eating ginger is more expensive than eating meat.

Industry: Last year, ginger output fell by about 15%. “Ginger Your Army” did not discuss, and complained that there were ginger deep processing companies. Xie Wanxiang, general manager of Fujian Good Day Foods Co., Ltd. recently rushed to the south of Guangdong, Fujian and other places of ginger production, but the soaring price of ginger made him sweat for the future of the company.

A few years ago, the low price of ginger made farmers suffer. In the cities of Tai Po in Guangdong and Yongding in Fujian, there were few people paying 0.2 to 0.3 yuan per catty. "Under such a low price, even if you pull a car to Guangzhou and Shenzhen to sell, you can't even change the freight." Xie Wanxiang said.

Shandong, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi all produce ginger. Xie Wanxiang first visited Shandong and other places to investigate the planting market. In fact, ginger planting area shrank by about 15% last year. Xie Wanxiang said that if coupled with climate factors, ginger production should drop by about 15% last year.

Idle speculation ginger prices go 4 to 5 times <br> <br> Lai Ching is an ordinary farmer in Fujian Yongding, the family planted about five acres of ginger, the annual output of 1.5 million kilograms. In previous years, Lai Nianqing sold Jiang to Xie Wanxiang, and the price was about 1 yuan/kg.

Under the backdrop of rising ginger prices this year, Xie Wanxiang plans to purchase Lai's ginger at a price of 3.5 to 4 yuan per catty, but he is rejected by the other party. Lai Nian Qing said that now some people also talked to him about the acquisition of ginger, and the purchase price was between 5 to 6 yuan/kg.

Xie Wanxiang said that these people are likely to be speculators who specialize in hoarding ginger and go all over the country.

Low cost of sand ginger

Ginger can not stay for a long time, is the annual plant, spring harvest; if the cold storage, the cost is too high, then why the speculation? When he visited the market in Shandong and other places, Xie Wanxiang discovered that the local speculators had a method of storing sand ginger. In Shandong Province, after many speculators bought ginger, they put a thick layer of sand on the open space, put ginger on it, and then spread a thick layer of sand so that ginger is stored at the optimum temperature. It can also prevent germination and deterioration. According to the locals, sand ginger can be stored for more than 6 to 8 months, and speculators can take advantage of this to find a difference.

"The changes in the supply situation coupled with the speculation of hot money, compared with the purchase price proposed at the beginning of this year, the price increase of ginger is as high as 3 to 4 times; equivalent to other raw materials and other price increases, the overall cost has also increased by about 50%. It is very difficult for the company to survive. The company is considering raising the price of brown sugar ginger tea by 30% on good days. But..." Xie Wanxiang said with disdain. “The price increase is not something you can mention, no matter how much the cost increases. It can be exported at the contract price."

According to the data recently announced by the Ministry of Agriculture, this year, the country's eight major ginger producing areas, planting area of ​​2.39 million mu, an increase of 4.8%, is expected to produce a total of 6.78 million tons, an increase of more than 4.3% year on year, this year and next year ginger market The total supply is adequate.

Now that the autumn has arrived, the new ginger will soon be on the market. Businessmen reported to reporters that according to previous years' experience, after the harvest of new ginger in the autumn, the purchase price is generally around 1 yuan/kg, if it is stored in the first half of the year, it can be sold at 2 yuan/kg or more. Xie Wanxiang said that before the end of the winter solstice, the "Ginger and your army" who did not discuss may also have room for discussion.