Vegetable prices in mainland China soared due to floods and human factors, based on an analysis

Published 2024년 9월 3일

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Heavy rains in various parts of China, especially in Shandong, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Northeast China, have caused significant farmland flooding and crop damage, leading to massive losses for farmers and supply imbalances in the vegetable market. As a result, vegetable prices have surged, with cucumbers and other vegetables seeing up to a 40% increase, and the situation is expected to worsen in September. The rising costs of vegetable planting, loss of rural labor, and other human factors contribute to the soaring prices, along with the current vegetable shortage between the harvest of early-maturing and late-maturing vegetables. The weather forecast shows that northern China is expected to experience heavy rain in the coming days, potentially exacerbating the floods and the impact on agriculture.

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[Epoch Times September 3, 2024] (Epoch Times reporter Fang Xiao reported) In the first two months of mainland China, some areas in the north and south have been hit by heavy rains, causing farmland to be flooded, and farmers and agriculture suffered huge losses. The floods have caused serious supply imbalances in the market, directly affecting the production chain of vegetables. Coupled with human factors, vegetable prices have risen sharply. Recently, the topic of skyrocketing vegetable prices in mainland China has caused heated discussions, and some have increased by 40%. Recently, many mainland people have expressed on social media that vegetable prices have skyrocketed in various places, becoming a hot topic on people's tables. Especially cucumbers, which are normally on the market in large quantities and cheap, have now risen to 7 yuan (RMB, the same below) per catty, and some vegetables have increased by 40%. The increase may be even greater in September. Mainland people ...

Source: Epochtimes