Chinanews client, September 16th, in August, the price of fresh vegetables increased by 11.7% year-on-year and 6.4% month-on-month.
Meng Wei, spokesperson of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference on the 16th that the main reason for the increase in vegetable prices was due to adverse weather such as heavy rainfall and floods. In addition to the alternation of summer and autumn and the change of stubble, the supply of vegetables in some areas was temporarily tight. The extent has pushed up the price increase.
However, the growth cycle of vegetables is relatively short. With the reduction of extreme weather in the later period, autumn vegetables will be on the market one after another. The market supply is expected to recover in a relatively short period of time, and the price of fresh vegetables will drop accordingly.