Why are bananas cheap in Guangxi in 2009?

The weather turns cold and banana prices fall-natural disaster or man-made disaster? 165438+1October 2 1 Sunday morning, in the cold wind, the reporter drove to Tanluo Town, Xixiangtang District, Nanning City, the largest banana production base in Guangxi, and banana farmers were selling bananas anxiously everywhere along the way. At the Tanluo acquisition point, Ma Guangqi, a villager in Zhuhu Village, and his wife are carrying a bunch of bananas from the tractor to the scale. Ma Guangqi said that his family of four planted 50 acres of bananas this year, with an yield of more than 2,000 kilograms per mu, * * * 65,438+10,000 kilograms. If calculated by the average per kilogram 1.5 5 yuan last year, it can sell at least 1.5 million yuan. "But this year only sells about 0.4 yuan per kilogram. If the weather does not improve, it is estimated that it will lose more than 65438+ 10,000 yuan. " Ma Guangqi looked sad. In the fruit wholesale market in Gutan Town, Longan County, Li Pinyong, a villager from Fudaopotun Village of Tongfu Village Committee, pulled a banana from an agricultural vehicle and was waiting to be weighed. His bananas were of medium quality, but the buyer knew that the local bananas were unsalable, so he lowered the price. Li Pinyong said that his family has planted more than 20 acres of bananas, and has harvested more than 8,000 kilograms. Only 0.5 yuan is sold per kilogram. It is understood that the banana planting area in Guangxi this year is about 6.5438+0.06 million mu, an increase of 6.5438+0.5 million mu over the previous year. However, due to the adoption of good varieties and methods, the total banana output will reach 2 1 10,000 tons this year, an increase of 654.38+065.438+06.4% over the previous year. According to Zhang Mingpei, director of Guangxi Agriculture Department, the opening price of bananas in Guangxi this year was slightly lower than last year since they were listed in large quantities in June 5438+ 10, but the price dropped sharply after entering June 5438+065438+ 10. In which1October 25th 1.4 yuan,1October 2nd1.9 yuan, 0.6 yuan after the cold wave1October 20th. Recently, after cold and rainy weather, the price is around 0.4 yuan to 0.6 yuan per kilogram. At present, about 50% of bananas in Guangxi have been sold, and about 900,000 tons of bananas have not been harvested. Among them,165438+1went on the market from October 20th to February 3rd/65438+kloc-0/,about 600,000 tons. Why are bananas unsalable in Guangxi? Lv Xiang, a Hebei buyer who is buying bananas in Tanluo, told reporters that the early arrival of snowstorms in the north and cold waves in the south is the main reason for the slow sales of bananas. This year, heavy snow fell in the north 1 month ahead of schedule, and some provinces and cities in the south also experienced snowfall and cold wave weather, which caused local traffic jams and the overall transportation capacity could not keep up. In previous years, when Tanluo Town in Nanning was unaffected, more than 500 banana cars were transported every day, while only 10 cars were transported in the same period this year. "More importantly, the cold weather has reduced consumers' demand for bananas," said Zhang Mingpei. 70% bananas in Guangxi are sold to the north. After a long period of snow and ice weather in the north, consumers are inconvenient to travel and their willingness to buy is reduced, resulting in a backlog of inventory in the sales area. In addition, it is difficult to ripen bananas after they are transported to the north, and the business risks increase. Many buyers dare not take risks, which leads to the decline in banana prices. Guangxi increased production by 1 16.4%, but the whole country still needs to import about 400,000 tons-more or less? The change of banana market structure in China has also aggravated the sales tension. Li Biao, director of Guangxi Fruit Production Technical Guidance Station, said that the national banana output this year is about 9.04 million tons, an increase of about 10% over the previous year. The original banana market pattern was March-April in Guangdong, May-August in Hainan and June-February in Guangxi. Fujian is balanced throughout the year, and the main domestic producing areas are basically staggered. However, in recent years, bananas have been planted in Yunnan, and new bananas have been listed in Guangxi at the same time. The starting price is low, which has caused an impact on bananas in Guangxi. In addition, the maturity of some banana orchards in Guangdong and Hainan was the same as that in Guangxi last year, which lowered the banana prices in Guangxi and even the whole country to some extent. Therefore, the next step is to adjust the structure, and the main producing areas should implement dislocation response to the market. In 2008, China's banana planting area was 5,052,900 mu, with a total output of 804,565,438+million tons, mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian, Yunnan and other provinces. This year, the output of Guangdong is estimated to be about 3.5 million tons, that of Guangxi is about 265.438+million tons, and that of Hainan is about 65.438+0.7 million tons. In the process of "bananas moving eastward and westward", especially after the incident of "Hainan bananas causing cancer", the debate about whether the banana industry is developing more or less and whether it is a sunrise industry or a sunset industry has once again attracted the attention of all parties. "Banana production is an important industry to enrich the people, but it has developed less rather than more. We can't give up this industry because of this unsalable incident. " Zhang Mingpei said. Since the beginning of the new century, the total banana output in Guangxi has basically increased steadily. Only in 2002, 2003 and 2008, due to unsalable sales or disasters in the previous year, the output in other years increased. Especially since 2002, the price of bananas in Guangxi has basically remained above 2 yuan per kilogram, and it has been maintained for seven years. "Guangxi is less affected by typhoons, with suitable light and temperature, abundant rainfall, long frost-free period, acidic soil and large temperature difference between day and night, which is conducive to the accumulation of nutrients and sugar and suitable for the development of banana industry." Li Biao said that in recent years, the banana industry in Guangxi has basically developed on barren hills and slopes, without occupying cultivated land. The benefits are better than those of sugarcane, cassava and other agricultural and sideline products, which are well received by farmers. China's banana production accounts for 8.7% of the world's total output, ranking third after India and Brazil. However, China is still a banana importer. In recent years, China imports about 400,000 tons every year, accounting for about 6% of the total consumption. China has broad prospects for developing banana industry. Lack of perfect production and marketing early warning system and deep processing ability-how to strengthen weak industries? Banana is a staple fruit in international trade, ranking first among all kinds of fruits in terms of annual transaction volume and second in terms of transaction amount. Although China's banana industry has a bright future, this slow-moving banana incident in Guangxi has exposed many problems. Experts believe that banana industry is a weak industry, and there is still a lot of work to be done to get rid of the weak situation. "First of all, we must strengthen the early warning system for the production and marketing of tropical fruits such as bananas, strengthen market monitoring, and keep abreast of market trends." Liu Shusen, director of the Department of Commerce of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, believes that in addition to southern provinces such as Guangxi, we should speed up the construction of production and marketing early warning systems, and include bananas in the main sales areas such as Northeast China, North China and Northwest China in daily monitoring projects, so as to grasp the demand and price of bananas in various places in time and guide the production and marketing of bananas nationwide. "If we have enough banana refrigeration facilities, coping with this weather change is not a problem at all." For example, Chen, vice chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said that Jinsui Company, also located in Longan County, still maintains the price of bananas per kilogram 1.7 yuan due to its cold storage, scale, standardized production and brand management. Therefore, he believes that it is necessary to further strengthen the construction of cold storage facilities and large wholesale markets, and at the same time vigorously cultivate large leading enterprises to effectively help banana farmers improve their ability to cope with market risks. Insufficient processing capacity and short industrial chain are also a big problem that puzzles the development of banana industry in China. Experts believe that at present, the output of agricultural and sideline products such as sugarcane, sericulture, cassava, fast-growing and high-yield forest, star anise and rosin in Guangxi ranks first in the country, and the banana industry ranks second only to Guangdong. However, there are some outstanding problems in these industries, such as short industrial chain, low degree of product processing and low added value, which are greatly affected by market fluctuations. Therefore, it is suggested that the relevant state departments should increase their support for the construction of agricultural products processing capacity in Guangxi, actively cultivate and develop leading enterprises in agricultural products processing, and enhance the development level of agricultural industrialization in Guangxi. On the morning of the 22nd, a joint research group composed of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Transport held a forum in Nanning to discuss the countermeasures to deal with the difficulty in banana sales in Guangxi. Special banana transportation subsidy funds have begun to directly subsidize drivers. Under the influence of rising temperature and comprehensive measures, the selling price of bananas in Guangxi increased by 10% compared with 2 1 on the 22nd. Reporter Pang Geping