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is a friendly economic time.
Reporter Han Ji-yeon is here.
Imported fruit prices have risen a lot these days?
<Reporter>
Yes, yesterday (the 7th), the won-dollar exchange rate fell, but it has risen too much.
At the same time, the import price itself rose significantly.
Right now, 1 kg of bananas with the word Filipino on the Internet is close to 6,000 won.
For 1 kg, there are about 6 large bananas on it.
The calculation comes out that you have to pay 1,000 won each to eat.
In terms of retail price, 1 kg of imported bananas is 3,350 won, which is 750 won, which is almost 30% higher than a year ago.
Mango prices are a bit more shocking.
In the shopping app, it says that it is clearly one bite, one mango from Thailand, but it costs over 10,000 won.
The retail price is a little over 7,000 won, up nearly 1,500 won from a year ago.
If you count 10 kiwifruits for 1,400 won, it rises by 140 won to close to 890 won.
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As the price has risen so much, it seems that the demand for imported fruits has also decreased a lot.
<Reporter>
Yes, the sales of imported fruits at large marts decreased and the sales of domestic fruits increased. One large mart's imports decreased by 3% in the last 7 months, while domestic sales increased by 8%.
In general, the ratio of domestic and imported fruits in the fruit sales of large marts was about 6 to 4, but now the ratio has changed to 7 to 3, or even 8 to 2 at most.
In the case of mangoes, the amount of mangoes from Thailand, which was recently damaged by rain, was reduced by 40% compared to the previous year.
In addition, we are diversifying our import sources, and we are taking measures such as expanding Philippine bananas, which have risen in price, to South America such as Chile.
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By the way, are domestic fruit prices going down?
<Reporter>
Yes, now is the perfect time to buy domestic fruits.
In particular, the price of Shine Musket, which is perceived as expensive, is falling a lot.
When I looked online, I saw that 2 kg of Shine Musket with three pieces like that are now selling at 27,000 won and 29,000 won, but the price has dropped compared to the Chuseok gift set sold at 40,000 won a few months ago.
Looking at the retail price, the recent domestic Shine Muscat 2kg price was close to 24,800 won, 9,000 won cheaper than a year ago, and now more than 2,200 won cheaper than a month ago.
Shine Musket is sometimes bought and eaten with my own money, but it is definitely included in the fruit gift set.
Its popularity skyrocketed over the years, resulting in more plantings and a significant increase in yield.
On the other hand, its popularity has waned a bit recently, and consumers turned away from it due to poor quality, which further lowered the price.
In addition, as shipments of domestic apples, pears and sweet persimmons increased, they fell by 10-20% compared to the previous year, the largest of which fell by 23.3%.
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The price of domestic fruits may fall further in the future.
Did you come up with this kind of analysis?
<Reporter>
Yes, this is the data from the Korea Rural Economic Research Institute, and I saw that some items fell more in price as production and shipments increased.
Domestic pear shipments increase by 7% this month, and if this happens, the wholesale price of 1 kg will drop by nearly 20%, and it is expected that it will be between 33,000 won and 38,000 won at the most.
In addition, the shipment of pears from next month is expected to increase by 23% compared to the previous month.
The persimmon farming also went well this time, with shipments increasing by 14% compared to normal, and the wholesale price is expected to drop by up to 32%.
The price of Shine Muscat also fell by half compared to last year.
In the case of 2kg, it is expected that it will go up to 12,000 won.
I'm worried that the price of fruit will fall too low, causing damage to farms.