NEW HARVEST OF CHINESE GINGER DROPS IN QUALITY AND INCREASES IN PRICE

Pico Agriviet

In China, new ginger crops entered the harvesting period in October. Generally, the harvest period lasts until the end of October or the beginning of November and would last before the following cold current.
According to statistics, the planting area of ginger in the year 2022 decreased by nearly half, and the yield rate decreased by 30%. Ginger quality was impacted by bad weather in 2022 during the growing season, compared to the previous year, 2021.
The receipt price of fresh ginger in 2021 was USD 0.22/kg (RMB 1.6/kg), in 2022 the receipt price of raw materials reached USD 0.83/kg (RMB 6/kg). The losses in the later period, transportation costs, manual processing costs, and packaging costs have forecasted that the new season of ginger will keep a high price level.