Why are Apples so expensive?

Haha, my friend, the question you asked touches on a hot topic. It is very good and very powerful. Since the beginning of this year, affected by the rise in prices across the country, the price of fruits has also generally increased. For Fuji, Guoguang, Bingtangxin and other types of apples, the price of first-class bagged apples has increased from 7 yuan per kilogram last year to 9 yuan or 10 yuan. Especially Jingning’s Bingtangxin is famous throughout the country. Expensive, the worst six-cent apple (the diameter of the apple is 6.5cm), haha, it costs 4 or 5 yuan per catty, and the 10-cent apple in the supermarket is 10 yuan. Pingshenma? There are several main reasons. 1. Supply is tight. Since the beginning of this year, the weather has been bad, and the output of many major fruit producing areas has declined. In addition, the price of refined oil has increased, and transportation costs have increased. The profits from selling fruits have been minimal for a period of time, resulting in tight supply in the producing areas. 2. The purchase price is high. Of course, there are also some psychological thoughts and expectations of fruit farmers. The cost of apples has been affected by various factors such as rising prices, and has been rising continuously. When the fruit comes out in October, the price of buying apples directly from the farmer's orchard is 6, 7, or 8 cents. Later, people who harvest apples line up on the ground. I joined the team and waited for loading with cash. I got on the truck directly without inspecting the goods. Within a month, the purchase price rose to 2 yuan. The fruit farmers are also shouting, hire a fruit picker, if you don’t work for less than 70 a day, who are you going to find? There is such a joke. When the acquisition first started, someone sold his apple for 7 or 8 cents. Some people laughed at him and said that he was stupid and said that if you don't want it for 1 and 5 cents, just look at it. As a result, the purchase price is rising every day. , and finally it rose to 2 yuan, and people around him laughed at him for being stupid. All fruit farmers have a mentality of expecting and waiting for the price to rise. 3. In the context of loose monetary policy and excess liquidity, a large amount of circulating capital has entered Apple's circulation, which has pushed up the price of Apple in the short term. With the price of agricultural products fluctuating significantly across the country, funds from different channels began to intervene in the apple sector, which was the main reason for the rapid rise of apples. Everyone can see this situation. People who sell pigs and chickens, even people from across industries, have stepped in and invested a lot of money in Apple. It is worth noting that loans are very convenient now, and there are too many people with hundreds of millions or more than one billion. Many people have accumulated mature investment experience in the mining, real estate, and capital markets, and have gradually discovered the long-term stability of agricultural product prices. The upward trend has begun to involve agricultural products, and it has tasted the benefits, because in this area, state control measures are basically useless. Like rice, cooking oil, cotton, garlic, ginger and other things that have skyrocketed in price, apples are a kind of speculation. Everyone speculates together. When the speculation becomes hot, everyone shares the results. 4. The increasing ability to store apples in the circulation field is another reason for the increase in apple prices. The number and scale of cold storages in various places are now several times that of previous years, and apples are durable and the easiest to store in cold storages. Therefore, merchants from all over the country have stepped up their purchases and are vying to hoard apples in cold storages. Many people The capital has been invested, waiting for the harvest. At the same time, a lot of costs are added to the circulation aspect. Now, if you are looking for a small job in packaging and transporting goods, the daily salary will be more than 70 yuan. The cost of cold storage for each kilogram of apples has increased from 1.5 cents to 2.5 cents. In the wholesale market, the price of a large plastic basket to hold apples has increased from more than 4 yuan to 4 cents. The price has increased to more than 6 yuan each, and other cartons, plastic bags, handling fees... have all increased. Now it seems that apples, like other agricultural products, have two ends and a smile in the middle. Most of the apples in the hands of many people are locked in a relatively high purchase price. Judging from the sales of fruits during the two festivals in previous years, there will be a short-term increase. So everyone agrees that Apple prices will continue to rise next year and they can make a lot of money. Now everyone is just waiting for the Spring Festival to buy a good price. But is this really the case? not necessarily. The market is like a battlefield. As many apples as one person can store, everyone is saving them. In other words, three or four cold storages cannot influence the market or drive the overall situation. This will become apparent as soon as New Year’s Day arrives. As long as the big players take action, no one else can remain idle. In addition, the consumption of apples is limited every year. After the New Year, money tightens and the circulation funds in the agricultural product field are diverted. It is basically meaningless to continue.

There is precedent for this. For a while, some agricultural products soared, but sales dropped. Did you notice that this thing takes up funds for a long time and the risk increases? You have to wait for someone to buy apples with a lot of money. People must have some strength. There is a mountain as high as a mountain. If the big players are hot, they will close early. Hoarding a ton of garlic is now a loss of 400,000 yuan. I would like to give some advice to those who want to usurp public interests. Wherever there is crying, there is laughter.