The Ministry of Commerce recently issued the “Notice on Doing a Good Job in Maintaining Supply and Stabilizing Prices of Vegetables and Other Daily Necessities in the Market for the Winter and Spring” (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”). The phrase “meet the needs of daily life and emergencies” has attracted widespread attention and discussion, and some over-interpretation has even appeared.
On November 2, Zhu Xiaoliang, Director of the Department of Consumption Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce, responded that, judging from the current situation, the supply of daily necessities in various places is sufficient, and the supply should be fully guaranteed. On the same day, the reporter visited major supermarkets in Guangzhou and interviewed related companies. They learned that in order to “guarantee supply and stabilize prices”, market entities are currently actively ensuring the supply of daily necessities and launching various preferential promotions, taking multiple measures to stabilize supply prices.
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Sufficient supply of daily necessities such as fresh vegetables and stable prices
According to the person in charge of the Department of Consumption Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce, the price of vegetables continued to rise due to various factors such as abnormal weather, which affected the lives of urban and rural residents. The Ministry of Commerce issued a special notice with the purpose of urging all localities to strictly implement the “vegetable basket” mayor responsibility system, instructing commercial circulation companies to strengthen supply organization, smooth production and sales, purchase storage-resistant vegetables in advance, and sign vegetable supply agreements with bases.
“The price of vegetables has been lowered a bit recently, but the market has changed for a while.” The vegetable stall owner Xiao Lu told reporters that the purchase price of vegetables has dropped recently. From the perspective of the supply chain, the person in charge of the Guangzhou Jiangnan Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market stated that the price of vegetables is now stabilizing, and said that “the daily trading volume of the market exceeds 8,000 tons, and 60% of it is supplied to Guangzhou City, which can basically meet the needs of Guangzhou citizens. .”
Director Liu of Shengjia Supermarket’s Fresh Food Purchasing said that with the exception of Yunnan water vegetables, the prices of leaf vegetables in other producing areas have returned to normal. The manager of the China Resources Vanjia Kecun store also stated that “the supply is sufficient and the price is stable.” According to the relevant person in charge of Carrefour, the price of pork has remained stable in the past week, and pork with skin is 8 yuan/jin. As for the recent market situation of vegetables, Guangdong vegetables Most of the sales in the consumer market come from Yunnan. Yunnan vegetable prices have remained flat. Since the beginning of this month, Henan and Hebei’s cabbage, Chinese cabbage and white radish have dropped slightly by 10%.
When visiting major supermarkets, the reporter learned that with the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, citizens do not have to worry about the supply of daily necessities. “The current increase in vegetable prices is due to the large rains in the north this year and the decline in vegetable output. This is a short-term phenomenon. What’s more, a large number of domestic supermarkets such as Carrefour have also joined the army of guaranteeing daily necessities to ensure daily necessities. According to the relevant person in charge of Carrefour, in order to deal with the problem of vegetable price fluctuations, Carrefour used its advantages, replenished stocks, and took various measures to stabilize supply prices. Appropriate emergency stockpiling in the links of production area direct mining end, ground cold storage end, cold chain warehouse resources and other links. In addition, Carrefour continues to replenish fresh green leafy vegetables so that the goods are sufficient and can continue to be put on the market, and it has also stabilized the prices of daily necessities in the market.
Fresh supermarkets purchase vegetables from direct-harvesting bases such as cooperative farms and production cooperatives
Currently, e-commerce platforms are an important channel for many young citizens to purchase daily necessities. On November 2, the e-commerce platform told reporters that it would co-brand, merchants, and offline physical stores to escort consumers’ daily needs.
According to JD.com, during the “Double 11” period, JD Fresh will provide more than 1.4 million kinds of fresh products in all categories and is expected to achieve an output value of more than 30 billion yuan in agricultural products, which will continue to help stabilize the supply and demand of the national fresh market.
In terms of guaranteeing the “vegetable basket”, the gourmet fresh supermarket Qixian purchases vegetables from exclusive planting bases, cooperative farms such as organic vegetables and hydroponic vegetables, cooperative farms of producing areas, and other direct vegetable harvesting bases. Only in October this year, Qixian has provided the market with 1.5 million catties of cheap vegetables, of which 360,000 catties of cheap leafy vegetables.
The reporter learned from Meituan that the current supply on the Meituan Optimal Platform is sufficient, and the prices of major vegetables are basically stable. In order to enrich consumers’ table choices during the winter and spring seasons, the platform has launched the “North Transportation of Vegetables from the South” to transport winter and spring vegetables from Yunnan, Fujian, Hainan and other major southern vegetable provinces to the north. The supply period of these southern vegetables will last from November to In the spring of the following year, it can cover the entire peak season of northern vegetable demand in winter and spring, ensuring that consumers choose abundance and continuous supply.
(Editor in charge: Shi Xiaojuan)