date:Jan 22, 2019
Data from the Hainan Price Bureau shows that the price of vegetables constantly increased as a result of cold weather and the holiday period. The average retail price of 10 kinds of vegetables being monitored is 3.58 yuan [0.53 USD] per 0.5 kg, which is an increase of 6.65% in comparison with last week.
This is traditionally the peak season for vegetable production in Hainan, but a continuous stream of cold weather has lowered temperatures and brought excessive rainfall, which reduced local veg