[Explanation] On December 31, 2022, the reporter learned from Kunming International Flower Auction Trading Center Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Kunming Flower Auction Center") that the supply, price and buyers of flowers in Dounan have been gradually increasing in recent days. The market continues to pick up. As the Spring Festival approaches, the flower market will usher in a peak season.
[Explanation] Kunming Dounan has the first fresh-cut flower trading center in Asia and the second largest in the world, and it is the "weather vane" of the price of fresh-cut flowers in China and even in Asia.
The flowers here are exported to more than 50 countries and regions including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia, and 7 out of every 10 flowers circulating in the Chinese market come from here.
[Concurrent] Auctioneer Wang Junying of the Auction Department of Kunming Flower Auction Center
First of all, in terms of supply volume, it is gradually increasing steadily.
From the point of view of transactions, the price is still slowly rising.
Also, judging from our daily auction process, buyers are gradually increasing.
From these three points, the (post-epidemic) (market) recovery is the most obvious manifestation.
[Explanation] The reporter saw at the Kunming Flower Shooting Center that the staff were sorting and packing fresh cut flowers and sending them to all parts of the country and even the world.
Then the reporter visited the Dounan flower trading market and found that tourists from other provinces had come to buy flowers in the market.
[Concurrent] Florist Ms. Xiao
It is much better than before. Before, the epidemic situation in various places was very (serious) and (tourists) from other places would not come.
Now that it is released, people (traffic) are still available.
[Explanation] It is understood that around the Spring Festival is the peak period of wedding activities in China, and the flower industry will also usher in a peak season.
[Concurrent] Auctioneer Wang Junying of the Auction Department of Kunming Flower Auction Center
According to previous years, Chinese people have a traditional time for wedding celebrations, usually around the Spring Festival, which is a peak period for wedding celebrations.
Judging from our daily auctions, the prices of warm-colored flowers, especially red and pink flowers, are gradually rising.
The second is our current Lunar New Year flowers. The prices of some representative grass flower series are also picking up, including the increase in supply, and the attention of buyers, etc. The prices on some small programs have exploded. It's all a manifestation.
[Explanation] In the Dounan flower trading market, Ms. Xiao, a florist, said that with the adjustment of the epidemic prevention policy, foreign buyers and tourists are gradually increasing.
The recent sales volume is good, and it is expected that the market will get better and better as the Spring Festival approaches.
[Concurrent] Florist Ms. Xiao
(Spring Festival) The flow of people must be more than it is now.
Because things like the flower market and Phalaenopsis are New Year’s Eve flowers, every year during the Spring Festival, there are more people, and the sales volume is not bad.
[Explanation] According to the data provided by the Kunming Flower Auction Center on December 29, 2022, the highest daily supply of the week reached 3 million sticks, and the average daily supply was around 2.8 million sticks, an increase of 4.6% from last week and a year-on-year increase. It rose 12.33% over the same period.
It is expected that the average daily supply will remain at around 3 million sticks next week. As the Spring Festival is approaching, the overall market will show an upward trend.
Reported by Du Xiaoxiao and Chen Jing from Kunming
Responsible editor: [Li Yan]