As the Chinese New Year Festival approaches, what is the supply and price of fresh products such as vegetables, pork, eggs, and fruits? In this regard, the Economic Daily reporter interviewed relevant experts.

The foundation of vegetable supply assurance is better, and the national vegetable prices during the Spring Festival are stable with a decrease, and the supply of vegetables is sufficient. Due to increased transport costs and several rounds of strong cold weather, vegetable prices have been on the rise since December 2022, but since New Year's Day the weather has been suitable, vegetable varieties have grown better, and the national vegetable area in the field has increased by about 2% year-on-year, guaranteeing the basis for stable production and supply of vegetables during the Spring Festival in 2023, with the market running on a stable basis.

Pork and egg prices are mainly stable, with adequate supply guaranteed. As for pork, the number of pigs slaughtered at the end of the year increased, and some provinces and cities put in frozen pork reserves, prices continued to fall during the Spring Festival and will remain low in the short term. In terms of eggs, prices have generally shown a downward trend since December 2022, with market supply guaranteed before the Spring Festival, consumption low during the Spring Festival and entering the stock consumption phase after the Spring Festival, egg consumption will enter the off-season and egg prices will fall seasonally.

The overall supply of fruit is sufficient, the market supply and demand during the Spring Festival are strong. Fuji apples, pineapples, watermelons and duck pears and other fruit prices rose, among them, citrus prices rose faster. Fruit prices are still expected to rise in the short term, although total national fruit production is expected to exceed 300 million tons in 2022, and the supply of fruit in the first quarter of 2023 is adequately safeguarded, with the possibility of significant price increases unlikely.