date:Feb 16, 2019
ce only briefly increased and has been falling again in the last two days. The price of bell peppers from Fujian has already dropped from 90 yuan [13.29 USD] per box to only 70 yuan [10.33 USD].
The trader further stated, the price of peppers has never been this low in the last 5 years. The main reason for low prices this year is the high price of peppers last year around Spring Festival, which caused farmers to blindly expand the surface area devoted to pepper plantation.