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"in Xiao-Nian" like spell into the escape of agricultural products "doom", scenery infinite "garlic you" seems to be being this curse mercilessly thrown to the bottom. Since May of this year, new garlic prices fell for a large, old garlic price step drop. Recent industry estimates, prices will likely fall to around $ per kg 1. However voice did not fall, old garlic price suddenly head micro-up. Skeptics and "fried garlic" operations, the industry denies.

prices drop ultra 50%

reporter learned from the wholesale market for dual yesterday, in late April, new market garlic price for 3.8 Yuan/kg, old garlic price of 4.1 Yuan/kg. To the middle of May, new garlic price has fallen from $ 1.7 to $/kg, fall 55.2%. Old price is 3.8 Yuan/kg garlic, fall 14.6%. Nearly a month, new garlic price declines of more than a 50% mark. However, this two-day old garlic price suddenly rose from 3.8/Jin back to 4.5 Yuan/kg, up to 18.4% per cent.

wholesale links of "mutation" effect to the terminals market it's not so fast. Reporters learned from the North, Tongzhou district, near a farmers ' market yesterday, the new retail price is $ 3.5/kg of garlic, retail prices of old garlic is 6.5 Yuan/kg, and the previous 4.5 Yuan/kg compared with $ 7.5/kg, down and 22%, respectively.

this year, for the listed "Patani"

last May, when prices in the most expensive per kg once soared to $ 10, purple skin heads garlic alone or even sold to 16 dollars a pound. Market analysts pointed out that, as from 2009 to 2010 when prices have been high, blindly led to vegetable farmers planted large garlic, garlic of Shandong only planted area of more than 2 million acres, which means that this year is the listing of garlic "year". It is predicted that as the market for new mass concentrated garlic in late May, selling of businesses a lot of toilet paper, plus some garlic garlic, garlic prices on the market of the future is expected to fall to around $ 1.

possible unsalable

although garlic price and "small change", but analysts believe that the overall price trend will not change. "Old and new with garlic and garlic of different consumer groups, the new light garlic garlic, purchasing power is not strong in the market, and old garlic garlic thick and buy old garlic much demand for larger customers such as hotels, combined with the current supply of old garlic is significantly reduced compared to April, the price has risen, but the price trend will not change. "

if garlic price continues to fall, some people start to worry if garlic will repeat of cabbage mistakes? Market dealers believed that due to the limited market digestive ability of garlic, garlic unsalable condition may also occur, but fortunately, longer storage time relatively green leaf vegetables, garlic, garlic and the impact of poor sales would not be as bad as the cabbage.

-Reporter visits

restaurant free garlic started generous

garlic prices start "dropped fell over" free garlic also began in the hotel, restaurant and generous.

"in the past told the waiter to garlic, one at a time, mean. A pass is a now, it appears that garlic is cheaper! "6 o'clock in the afternoon yesterday, in a hotel in Tuanjiehu, Chaoyang District, near, one from the workers in the Northeast while eating beef noodle soup Hu, while talking with reporters. Reporters witnessed that many ate beef customers have asked the waiter for garlic, previously only given one or two flaps or some chopped garlic in dishes served, now handed over a whole Head waiter readily.

cheap garlic, pork ribs with garlic garlic has no longer been "cutting corners". Reporters then again interviewed last year in a northeastern Chinese cuisine restaurant, also a spare ribs with garlic, garlic odor clear much of this time. "The most expensive last year, only 10 dollars to buy a pound garlic, now cheaper, more. "The reporter asked about garlic, restaurant boss half-jokingly said:" we are a small business, of course, is hoping to make the customer satisfied. ”