Garlic prices plummeted by nearly 80%.

China News Service, Kaifeng, June 21 (Reporter Li Guigang) In mainland China, the price of garlic, which was once more expensive for pork, is now plummeting.

The reporter learned at the 3rd China Garlic Economic and Trade Fair on the 21st in Jixian that the wholesale price of one ton of garlic this year was about RMB 2,000 to 2,800. In the same period of 2010, the wholesale price of garlic reached 9,000 to 9,200 yuan per ton, and the export price was more than 10,000 yuan per ton. By contrast, garlic prices have fallen by nearly 70% to 80% this year.

In recent years, the garlic market in China has shown a bizarre “reincarnation” of highs, lows and surges. In 2007 and 2008, the domestic garlic planting area expanded blindly, causing garlic to drop to 0.4 yuan per kilogram. The wholesale market price once fell to 0.1 to 0.2 yuan per kilogram, and garlic farmers and distributors suffered heavy losses. Since 2009, with the reduction of planting area, the price of garlic has soared. In 2010, it broke the record high.

The president of the China Vegetable Circulation Association, Dai Zhongjiu, told the China News Service reporter that the root cause of garlic's continuous plunging and plunging "reincarnation" cycle is still the disconnection of production and demand information.

The disconnection of production and demand information has been a thorny issue that has plagued China's agricultural production for a long time, but remains unresolved.

"This year's garlic retail price is lower than 4 yuan per kilogram. If it drops to 2.6 yuan, we will lose everything." Some growers said that the cost per kilogram of garlic is about 3 yuan.

Due to the high price of garlic in 2010, garlic farmers have generally expanded their planting area this year. According to statistics from the China Vegetable Circulation Association, in 2011, the garlic planting area in China increased by 15% compared with last year. The area of ​​garlic in He County, Henan, reaches 400,000 mu and the output is about 600,000 tons.

“The demand in the market is rigid, the planting area is expanding, and the contradiction between supply and demand will be highlighted. This is also the main reason for the decline in the price of garlic.” Dai Zhongjiu said that the production and demand information is not connected, resulting in the disconnection of market production and demand, which is the price of garlic has plummeted. The root cause.