As the social distance to prevent corona19 was increased,'food consumption' increased, and foods such as meat, fish, and vegetables all rose at the same time, but only fruit prices fell.

According to the National Statistical Office's consumer price trend, the May consumer price index for fruit was 111.43 (based on 100 in 2015), down 4.9% from the same month last year.

Fruit prices are August (-15.2%), September (-15.1%), October (-17.2%), November (-14.2%), December (-12.5%), and January this year (-7.6). %), February (-11.0%), March (-9.2%), and April (-6.3%).

It has been falling for the longest period since falling from 32 months from February 2013 to September 2015.

Looking at the fruit price decline in May in detail, peach (-23.3%), pear (-18.0%), mandarin orange (-11.6%), and apple (-9.1%) fell sharply.

Watermelon (-7.2%), melon (-5.4%), almond (-2.3%), and kiwi (-0.6%) also fell.

However, chestnuts (10.0%), bananas (7.7%), blueberries (7.5%), oranges (7.4%), grapes (5.7%), and strawberries (2.3%) rose.

The fall in fruit prices is in contrast to the rise in meat, milk, cheese and eggs, fish and fisheries, vegetables and seaweed prices in May.

Meat as a whole rose 7.0%.

Pork (12.2%), domestic beef (6.6%), and sausage (6.2%) led the rise.

Milk, cheese and eggs rose 2.3%, and in detail, eggs (9.2%) and milk (0.3%) rose.

Mackerel (16.4%), pollock (3.2%), and blackfish (10.7%) climbed, raising fish and fishery by 6.8%.

In addition, cabbage (102.1%) and cabbage (94.7%) jumped significantly, and vegetables and seaweed rose 9.1%.

Although the price of concentrated aquatic products has risen, there are factors on the supply side, such as sluggish spring cabbage, but there is also an increase in the demand for'house food' with Corona 19.

In particular, it was analyzed that the effects of emergency disaster subsidies were partially reflected in the rise of meat such as pork.

However, the fruit price did not seem to have been affected, so it seems to have'falling alone'.

An official from the National Statistical Office said, “The decline in fruit prices has a large impact on the supply side, such as strong crops. There is."

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