At the same time, due to the power outage caused by the earthquake in Hokkaido, the vegetable sorting plant was shut down, and the amount of carrots produced in Hokkaido decreased by 30%. Out-of-stocks have led to a surge in demand for imported products.
At the Central Wholesale Market in Tokyo, the amount of Chinese carrots increased to 81 tons in early September, much higher than the 29 tons in the same period last year. The average wholesale price in China is 88 yen per kilogram, which is 20% higher than the same period last year. However, it is still much cheaper than Hokkaido, which has grown by 90%, year-on-year, and reached 153 yen. In the same period last year, the imported products on the wholesale market only accounted for 1% of , but now have increased to 4%.
The amount of Chinese-made onions in the Central Wholesale Market in Tokyo also reached 218 tons, a year-on-year increase of 60%. The amount of green onions produced in China was 63 tons, and the import volume increased by 50%. At present, Japan's main green onion production area is Aomori Prefecture, but "Typhoon No. 21 blew down the green onions", and the total purchase volume of the market has decreased by 20%.
Source: Shangluo Online
