date:Feb 28, 2019
with a retail price around 3 yuan [0.45 USD]. However, in mid-December the purchase price already reached 3 yuan [0.45 USD]. The price had doubled in a few weeks, and this was before the seasonal price increase during Spring Festival.
Multiple reasons for price increase
People in the industry explain that the price increase of tomatoes is due to several reasons: first, the low tomato price in the last two years discouraged farmers from tomato plantation and the overall surface area devoted to