Vegetable prices double cost of fish in Chinese city after storms hit
Food shortage makes cabbage cost more than carp
Vegetables prices have soared in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou because of wet and stormy weather last month hitting supplies and high demand for food over the Lunar New Year holiday, according to a newspaper report.
Choi sum, a Chinese cabbage, is selling for 50 yuan (HK$59) per kg at one market, the Guangzhou Daily reported. That is more expensive than the price of fish at some markets, the newspaper said.
Vegetables prices are also at their highest levels in several years, according to the article.
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Choi sum is selling for between 36 yuan and 50 yuan per kg at three markets in the city.
That compares with one type of carp that is selling for between 22 yuan and 28 yuan per kilo at the same markets, the report said.
Guangzhou’s economic planning body said the wet weather and high demand for vegetables were behind the price rises, with the rain the biggest factor.
Rainfall in Guangzhou from January 1 to January 28 was a record-breaking 26 cm, more than five times the average for the period, the website Weather.com.cn reported.
