Track the whole process of increasing prices by 10 times a pound of celery

Garlic, wolfberry, beans, you play, ginger, your army - depicting wild vegetable prices, the media created new words more and more mean, the public's questioning is increasingly no direction. Because the speculators who are looming are a bit "slippery", there is no definite proof. To this end, "International Finance" reporters deliberately tracked the whole course of a kilogram of celery from the vegetable plot to the table and discovered that after the 0.3 yuan / kg of celery in the hands of vegetable farmers, some oysters were transferred to the market and sold to the vegetable market. Yuan/jin. From 0.3 yuan to 3 yuan, 10 times the price rise on the turbulent road, a number of contenders, layers of exploits, unveiled the true mystery of vegetable prices all the way.

How many ways does it take for a piece of celery to grow from the field to the public table? How is the price of vegetables stacked? Recently, the reporter learned that when visiting farmers, farmers' markets, and wholesale markets, vegetables from the fields to the table had to go through several intermediate links. In order to ensure their own profits, price increases became inevitable.

Farmers: rising costs do not make money On the morning of September 7th, in the Zhoupu Township, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, the reporter met the grandson of the farmer who worked in the fields. Master Sun told reporters that he had planted more than 10 acres of vegetables and was now in the summer in the fields. The vegetables were at the end of the market and they were almost the same.

“Now the cost of growing vegetables has gone up a lot. The citizens’ demand for vegetables is getting higher and higher. Organic and non-pollution vegetables must use organic fertilizers and agricultural compound fertilizers. Fertilizers are not needed, but they cost more than 200 yuan per mu. As for pesticides, high-toxic pesticides are not used, and now they use low-residue and high-efficiency pesticides, which will cost an additional 50 yuan per acre, he said.

He told reporters that last year a bag of compound fertilizer was only 60 yuan, this year rose to more than 80 yuan, even the plastic film prices have risen. On the same land, the cost of production this year is 30% higher than last year.

In addition, the cultivation of more than 10 acres of vegetables, the harvest must be looking for helpers, just the cost of labor, at least 5 points per kilogram of vegetables.

“Now the vegetables have not been able to make much money. Although the vegetable prices are very high this year, the profits of the vegetables themselves are very low.” Master Sun admits that the vegetable farmers have no pricing power. Even if the vegetable prices rise, the profits are not much. On the contrary, if the price of vegetables falls or the harvest is not good, losing money is a common occurrence.

Take celery for example, in the past, as long as it sold 0.15 yuan a pound, farmers can make money, because the cost of a catty dish is only about 5 minutes. But at least it is about 0.2 yuan to sell. The vegetable growers can make money because the cost has doubled.

He told reporters that if a grocery vendor or hawker buys celery, he generally sells for between 0.2 and 0.3 yuan per catty.

Harvester: A car only earns 100 yuan. Reporter in a vegetable farmer's market in Zhoupu Town met Mr. Gao, who was collecting food, and he was busy unloading food from the truck, reading a small cabbage, vegetables and celery. Neat and tidy. Mr. Gao said that immediately there are wholesalers come to get goods, to be awarded 500 kilograms of celery.

Mr. Gao said that his own vehicle celery was purchased from the Shandong vegetable planting base at a price of RMB 0.3/kg. In the past, they also went to the suburbs of Shanghai to collect food. However, after planting vegetables in Shanghai, they were limited. Therefore, they usually go to vegetable bases such as Shandong and Zhejiang to collect food, and then organize vehicles to be sold to wholesalers in the Shanghai farmers' market.

"Transportation, oil, tolls, and car-loading fees must all be paid out. The cost is not low. A car can only earn a hundred dollars." He said that some cities have suffered drought this year, and foreign vegetables are all in Grab, coupled with the shortage of local vegetables in Shanghai, the corresponding purchase price of vegetables is getting higher and higher. "The purchase price is high. I can only sell it at a high price. The cost is always recovered."

In the eyes of these dealers, they also survive in the cracks and take them as saying, “The purchase price is low and the farmers are not willing to pay. The selling price is high. Nobody wants it.” Mr. Gao said that for celery, he generally takes 0.4 yuan. ----0.6 yuan / kg of the price sold to the wholesale market.

Wholesalers: Benda, Lixiao, and Qianjiang Shanghai Jiangqiao Vegetable Wholesale Market is a wholesale market in Shanghai. The reporter learned that at present, about 95% of the vegetables in the Jiangqiao Wholesale Market in the summer come from foreign countries. Besides Shanghai, Northeast China, Hebei, Shandong, Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia are also several major sources of supply.

Zhang Genxing, vegetable manager of Jiangqiao Vegetable Wholesale Market, said that many secondary wholesale markets have increased the amount of wholesale in our primary market, so the supply of vegetables last month was high and prices were high.

Zhang Genxing said that four heavy rainfalls occurred last month, and the production of Shanghai's Baoshan, Qingpu, Jinshan, and other vegetables dropped sharply. The vegetables in the secondary wholesale market mainly came from these suburbs and had a relatively large impact on prices.

Miss Zhao, the wholesaler, told the reporter that, with the exception of shipping charges, he did not earn much, but he certainly would not lose money. The cost of engaging in wholesale of vegetables is large, there are profits and losses, and the risks involved are high, and retailers are basically earning nothing. "The retailers such as stall hawkers and supermarkets are the biggest winners. If they get the goods at a certain price, they may double their money and sell them. The supermarkets are even more expensive."

This reporter has learned that taking celery, a wholesale market is generally sold at a price of 0.7 yuan --- 0.8 yuan / kg to the secondary wholesale market.

The two traffickers: prices have doubled in a secondary wholesale market in Jinqiao, Pudong, Shanghai. The reporter learned that the vegetable vendors in the Jinqiao area will come to this shipment.

The so-called secondary market, which is often referred to as the second trader, has been the second trader for more than ten years. He told reporters that his food is generally imported from Shanghai Jiangqiao Vegetable Wholesale Market or Shanghai Jiangyang Agricultural Products Wholesale Market. . According to Master Liu, celery is generally granted in batches and the wholesale price of celery is slightly adjusted according to the seller’s price.

The reporter saw at the scene that Master Liu had picked up a few celery from the car and neatly placed it on the stall and began to buy and sell. At this time, the greengrocers came to collect celery one after another. The price of Liu's master to sell to the vegetable vendors was between 1.5 yuan and 2 yuan/kg.

Vendors: An increase of 1 yuan in guaranteed income In the Zheng Yu Yu Cai farm on Boxing Road in Pudong, Shanghai, a stall owner said that in addition to rising vegetable prices, the cost of selling vegetables is also increasing.

The stall holders calculated that in the past few years, he had rented a stall for only a few hundred yuan, but now it costs more than 1,000. In addition, the original 200,300 yuan a month into the dish is enough, now 500,600 yuan.

He roughly calculated that now spends nearly 1,000 yuan more than a few years ago. Most of these must be allocated to vegetable prices. To sell 10,000 kilograms of vegetables a month, we must sell 0.5 yuan more per kilogram of vegetables. yuan.

At the same time, the staff of the Diazian Daily Boxing Road store told reporters that supermarkets do not make money selling vegetables and basically keep capital. Now supermarkets only sell some processed vegetables or off-season vegetables. The cost is definitely higher than ordinary vegetables. The stall owner told reporters that for celery, it is now sold to the public at a price of 2.5 yuan to 3 yuan per kilogram.

Afterwards: Who earned the most? Ma Wenfeng, an analyst at Eastern Iger Agricultural Consulting Co., said in an interview with the “International Finance” reporter that during the entire circulation process, there were vegetable farmers, food collectors, and a vegetable wholesale market (large professional wholesale market). The secondary wholesale market (farmers' market), vegetable retail stalls, supermarkets and other money-making "hands" are production and sales chains. As for the rise in vegetable prices, it cannot simply say which part is the most profitable. While guaranteeing that it will obtain certain profits, the price will increase again, and eventually it will certainly be expensive if it falls into the hands of the people.

In an interview, the reporter found that, in the production and sales chain of vegetables, the price of vegetable farmers was only 10% of the retail price, and their gross profit was no more than 0.1 yuan/kg. The same as the first-tier wholesaler, the gross profit was 0.2. Yuan -0.3 yuan / kg or so. The profit line suddenly rose with the second trader, and gross profit reached 0.8 yuan/kg. The retailer is the largest circulation in profit, and the gross profit keeps at 1 yuan/jin.

Throughout the circulation, vegetable farmers earn the least, and they are in a weak position of pricing. Because once the supply of vegetables exceeds demand, wholesale and retail can maintain their profits by adjusting prices, but farmers' planting costs are relatively fixed.