Why are apples selling so poorly this year?
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I talked to my mom on the phone yesterday, and we discussed again the issue of apples not selling at home. They say many people have gone crazy and are driving tricycles to sell goods in various places. . . . My hometown is an apple-producing area, and Red Fuji apples are very delicious. In previous years, during the apple harvest season, it was common to see merchants from other places arriving in large trucks to purchase the apples, which were then sold to fruit dealers across various locations. But this year something strange has happened – all those trucks from outside the area have disappeared; not a single one of them is around! The people back home are very worried, as after working hard all year, it’s heartbreaking to see the apples rot at home without being able to sell them. Without the income from selling those apples, many families rely on money earned from working. There are also some families with young people who help with sales online, but in fact they can only sell a portion of the products, and this isn’t enough to solve the problems of most people. I checked online, and not only in my hometown but also in many other places across the country there is a problem of unsold goods. It’s not clear whether it’s due to inadequate supporting facilities, excessive increases in certain costs, or the price pressure from online e-commerce. If this continues, what path will remain for fruit growers? I heard that in some areas of Shaanxi, farmers have cut down the fruit trees in their fields because apples are difficult to sell, and have switched to growing other crops instead. On one hand, there is a surplus of products in the places of production, while on the other hand, retail prices are extremely high. How can this vicious cycle be broken?
Apples are expensive in fruit stores everywhere, but they can’t be sold at the places where they are grown~
There’s really no way to describe this. With all the shipping costs and operating expenses added in, the price of apples in supermarkets is much higher than the purchase price. A colleague in my office sells Yantai apples; I know they taste good, so I bought 4 boxes – the flavor was okay. The second time I bought it, it wasn’t as tasty. When I first graduated, in Yantai, apples were also hard to sell for a year. The subcontractor delivers the complete vehicle to the project manager, who then passes it on to us; it’s impossible to refuse. I remember I made 5 boxes back then to share among my classmates, and in the end some of them went bad.
In recent years, the production of apples has increased at an extremely rapid pace: the national output was 38 million tons in 2013, 42 million tons in 2014, and 50 million tons in 2015. China has always blindly expanded its production capacity whenever it could make money, but now things are bad – there’s no money to be made anymore. In recent years, the vegetable market next to our house has almost turned into a fruit market; not only are there many apples for sale, but also many other types of fruits. This problem cannot be solved for a long time; currently, a large amount of apples are stored in cold storage.
What you say makes sense. **In pursuit of sales, fruit tree cultivation has expanded too rapidly, without giving sufficient consideration to the market and transportation issues. It is the ordinary people who end up suffering.
A few days ago I bought apples; the better ones cost 6 to 7 yuan per jin. . It seems really expensive
Well, last week the price was 10.98 yuan per jin, but it dropped by the weekend, and the apples were also smaller.
Those stored at home cost a little over one yuan per piece, while the smaller ones cost just a few cents per jin