Plum rice prices drop carpet, selling 1kg can not buy iced tea

Being in the main harvest season, but the price of plums falls on the carpet, some reduce to 1,000-2,000 VND / kg. At this price, selling 1kg of plum is not enough to buy an iced tea, not to mention the absence of customers.
Recorded by PV. VietNamNet, on the market, Son La plums are being offered for sale at startlingly cheap prices, only 1/8 of the previous years. Plum traders said that in previous years, this type of plum sold in the garden ranged from 8,000-20,000 VND / kg depending on the type, but now it is only about 1,000-5,000 VND / kg.

According to the gardeners, although the price is as cheap as vegetables, plum rice is still unprecedented. Traders come to buy a little, ripe red plums on the tree, people do not bother to harvest. Mr. Nguyen Van Trong – a rice plum growing household in Chieng Co commune (Son La) – shared, his family has been growing plums for decades, but never fell in such a tragic situation. With the amount of up to 2,000 rice plums, his family is estimated to have around 25 tons of plums every year. The rice plum in Son La is in a flourishing harvest, but the price has dropped sharply. Photo: Nhat Thanh In previous years, since the beginning of the March crop, the traders’ car ran loudly to the buying garden. At one point, the price of plum rice at the beginning of the season was up to 70,000-80,000 VND / kg, but the quantity was not much. This year, the atmosphere is quiet, plum rice is cheap, partly due to the good season, and the output pumpkins, so the selling price at the garden is record low. Mr. Trong said that last year, he sold beautiful big fruits for 18,000 VND / kg. This year, the price of plum drops to 10,000 VND / kg, the cheapest bucket is only 1,500-2,000 VND / kg. Currently, he wholesales each bag from 50-52kg, the average price is 5,000 VND / kg. Although the price is so cheap, Mr. Trong reflects that the number of plums sold this year has decreased significantly. As every year, on average, he dumped to the provinces about 5 tons / day, now he only sells about 3 tons / day. In addition to the amount of fruits collected from his home garden, he also collects from local people. Gardeners said that this type of plums eat green better than ripe. Photo: Nhat Thanh In the year when traders were slow to purchase, plums in the garden began to ripen red. Photo: Nhat Thanh In the same situation, Ms. Nguyen Quynh – another rice plum growing household in Son La – lamented, with the price as low as giving, has not been able to buy a cup of iced tea in a year. Last year, the cheapest goods she also sold was 8,000-9,000 VND / kg, beautiful goods cost 15,000-20,000 VND / kg. Now, the plum is small, mixed green, she sells for 120,000 VND / bag (50-52kg), only about 2,300 VND / kg; selected products with large fruit prices are only 3,500-6,000 VND / kg. Even plums fell at 1,000 VND / kg, there was no buyer. “The selling price is a few thousand dong, which is enough to compensate for the rent of the pickers, the money for canning, packing is all, not to mention the fertilizer fee, the effort is considered to give away. Now if you can’t sell it, you will lose a lot, ”she said, boredly. Ms. Quynh said, the plum rice season starts from March and lasts until May is over, then comes the plum season. However, this year, due to the fact that the goods cannot be sold for sale, there is no clue to buy, the sales volume is quite slow, many trees in her garden have become red and red. Plum prices are currently down to a few thousand VND / kg still meager. Photo: Nhat Thanh “This plum type, when the fruit is still green, can be sold when it is crispy and sour, only to be thrown away if it is ripe,” she said. On average, each tree gives about 30kg of fruit / crop. Her family’s crop this year is about 12 tons, but the amount of ripe fruit removed is 4-5 tons, the rest has not been sold much. Ms. Tran Hai Yen – the focal point selling plum rice in Trieu Khuc (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi), also commented that she has been selling Son La plums for 3-4 years now, seeing this is also a rare year for plum prices to drop so low. . Currently, retail plums are 20,000-25,000 VND / kg, wholesale from 5kg is priced at 15,000 VND / kg. In previous years, the price of plums ranged from 30,000 to 60,000 VND / kg, sometimes up to 90,000 VND / kg. Cheap, one day she can sell 50-60kg because customers buy more food. On the internet market, many clues are selling this plum with a retail price of only 10,000-13,000 VND / kg, even some places sell 5kg combo for 35,000 VND, not retail, attracting a lot of women. buy.