<Anchor> This is a



friendly economic time. Today (11th), I will be with reporter Kim Hye-min. Today is already November 11th. Time seems to go so fast, but around this time, the story of kimchi is starting to come out. You said you were giving me a lot of information about kimchi today?



<Reporter> The



weather has suddenly turned chilly, but overall, the kimjang date is delayed due to global warming. These days, many people make kimchi from the end of November to the beginning of December.



If you go to a mart or market to buy ingredients for kimchi, you may be surprised by the price of cabbage. The price has suddenly gone up too much lately.



In the past two days alone, 10 kg of cabbage was 8,000 won, but as of the day before, you have to pay 12,000 won to buy it. The price has gone up by almost 50% in the last week.



In fact, the price of Chinese cabbage has been stable this year because the cultivation area has increased and the crop is good.



It was warm in early fall this year. It rained often. So there was a 'soft disease' in which the cabbage rots.



Recently, it has suddenly become cold and the growing environment is not good. In addition, the prices of vegetables used in kimchi, such as chives and garlic, continue to rise.



<Anchor>



If everything goes up with cabbage like this, it will cost a lot to make kimchi this year too. Is the cost of making kimchi a little higher compared to last year?How is it?



<Reporter>



But again, this year's cost is a little cheaper than last year's kimchi. This is the data released by Korea Price Information yesterday, and it was expected that when making kimchi for a family of four, buying ingredients at a large mart would cost about 357,000 won and 310,000 won based on traditional markets.



It's not much more than last year, but the price has dropped by 4-5%. The price of cabbage has risen, but the reason the cost of making kimchi has fallen is because of red pepper powder.



But this year, as the government continued to release its stockpiles, the price went down. Also, because the rainy season was short, the growing environment was good. As the price of cabbage rose, the price of red pepper powder fell.



Overall, the cost of kimchi is falling. It is difficult to interpret this far. The cost of making kimchi has been expensive overall in recent years. It is correct to look at it this way.



<Anchor>



Come to think of it, I think I heard a lot last year saying that red pepper powder was really expensive. Then, if the price of cabbage drops a little this year, you can save a little more money when making kimchi. Is there any chance that the price of cabbage will fall in the future?



<Reporter>



Fortunately, it looks like the supply of cabbage will be released in the future. Most of the cabbages sold in the market now are from 'highland'.



From the end of this month to the beginning of December, cabbages along the southern coast will come out in earnest. These cabbages suffered relatively little damage such as cold damage or soft disease.



So, from this point on, as the supply of cabbage increases stably, the price is highly likely to drop.



However, there is one other variable, which is the 'transportation cost'. Drivers of large trucks who transport cabbage to the wholesale market are raising the transportation cost due to the number of urea.



It may be difficult for the price to fall, so wait and buy the ingredients for kimchi. It is difficult to recommend this.



The government is giving various discount coupons as one of the measures to stabilize the supply and demand of kimchi vegetables. It would be better to take advantage of this.



<Anchor>



Right? Then, anyway, everything is a bit uncertain, but it's a sure way to buy discount coupons cheaply. Please explain in detail.



<Reporter>



Today, this part is the most important. Rural discount, 'farm gift certificate' for short. This is going to be released from 10 am today. This is the original event, but this time, we doubled the amount of gift vouchers that can be purchased per person to celebrate the Kimchi season.



The discount rate is 30%. It is popular because there are many stores that can be used. You may miss this if you don't buy at 10am.



Purchasing a farm gift certificate is very simple. When you enter the Zero Pay app, you can easily find the banner of 'Agricultural Gift Certificate', which can be purchased up to 260,000 won per person. Here, 80,000 won is immediately discounted, so you only need to pay 180,000 won.



You can only use it until the end of this year, so you can purchase a gift certificate in advance and purchase the ingredients for kimchi at a designated market or online site.

I have a lot of uses for this gift certificate, so I'm definitely going to buy it this time.



I mainly use hypermarkets.

Some of you may be like this, but you can download a 20% discount coupon from the mart online mall site and use it from today.



In addition, at offline marts, a 20% discount is automatically applied.

This discount limit was up to 10,000 won per event until last year, but this time it has been raised to 20,000 won.



There are many ways to buy much cheaper if you endure a little hassle, so please check carefully and spend wisely.