Cabbage and Radish Prices Rise Due to Supply Shortage… Government “Extends Discount Event Until Next Month”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Seon-mi = On the 24th, at the Nonghyup Hanaro Mart Changdong branch in Dobong-gu. A housewife in her 60s looking at cabbage sighed, saying, "Cabbage and radish have been expensive, so I guess that's why," and "It's been a while since the kimchi season, so I don't know why they're expensive." Another consumer I met here said, "If you go somewhere else, they're 3,000 won per radish," and added, "Even if the condition isn't that good, it's better to buy them here." The prices of major winter vegetables such as winter cabbage and winter radish remain high as the supply decreases due to poor harvests. According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) on the 25th, the retail price of cabbage was 5,195 won per head as of the previous day, up 36.2% and 26.4% compared to a year ago and the average year, respectively. The average price is the average of the three years from 2020 to last year, excluding the highest and lowest ...