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In Hannoj and other Vietnamese cities at this time of year, the Kumquat trees attached to the motorcycle seats escape and go through the traffic in the orange. The families buy them as symbols of happiness and happiness for the Lunar New Year, which began on Wednesday.
This year, the typhoon and extreme heat suppressed the harvest, spoiling the prices for kumquats and other decorative plants associated with the holiday, which is known as a tet in Vietnam. Some people bought less kumkquate or switched to cheaper options, such as an orchid or Persimmones of branches.
The decorative farmers of the plant are now stuck with an unp In the case of Kumquats, wholesale prices were initially increased due to limited supply. Then they ran into a lack of demand associated with consumer jerks and perception that this year’s Kumquat Golf-Lopte-Size Fruit does not look very nice.
“We are all in a sad mood,” Nguyen Thi Hoa (39), which grows Kumquat trees near Hanoi’s Red River, said the decorative farmers of the plant in his corner of the capital. Non -Kumquat trees stood beside her, and each sold for about 600,000 Vietnamese Dong, or $ 24. This is at least 40 percent less than in a typical year.
It would be difficult to overestimate how important the Lunar New Year is to the Vietnamese – imagine Christmas and Thanksgiving – or how the ubiquitous trees are Kumquat across Vietnam and the parts of the neighboring China as the holidays approach. Citrus plants are a regular presence in living rooms, shops and office lobes.
In September, Typhoon yagi They flooded agricultural areas and damaged crops across the North Vietnam during the critical growing period for Kumquats and other decorative staples of the Lunar New Year. Mrs. Hoa said that the flood waters from the Storm had killed about half of the 500 kumquat trees she had planted.
Last year, more than average temperatures and rainfall were also harmed by harvests, said Pham Thi Thanh NGA, director of the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change.
Extreme time has been translated into steep prices for changes in the markets and sidewalks where people buy lunar New Year kumquats, peach and banana flowers. The lack of rain also made Kumquat trees weaker, and their fruit less attractive, farmers say.
“This tree is much less beautiful than what I expected,” said Nguyen Thi Nguyet, 39, as she examined Loncan Kumquat this week on the Lunar New Year market in Hanoj. The fruits looked smaller and thinner than usual.
The tree still costs an equivalent about $ 80 or about it doubles its budget. So, Mrs. Nguyet, who works in the Hanoon’s Education Department, instead paid about $ 13 for a bouquet of orchid imported from China.
Nguyen Thi Loan, a retired teacher, was stunned when he saw a price on a crowd of 21 green bananas lying on a plastic catrice: about $ 28. Usually pays just over $ 1.
“These are the most expensive bananas I have ever touched in my life,” said Mrs. Loan, 64, she said as flowers and pork sausages that pulled out of her bag. Bananas, fruits to set up family altars in honor of the auction, are usually the cheapest item to buy for holidays, but this year they are more expensive than meat, she added.
“It’s unheard of,” she said. “That’s crazy!”
Banana seller, Trans van Huy, 50, did not move at the price. So Mrs. Loan bought one crowd instead of the three she had planned. She said she would add another fruit to the family altar this year.
Price sensitivity to decorative plants is a partial function of general economic misunderstanding in Vietnam, NGO three long, retired ministry of the Ministry of Finance, said on the Vnexpress website This week. Although the Vietnam Economics increased by about 7 percent last year, Mr. Long said he had not completely recovered from pandemic and natural disasters.
Consumers can be adapted to the unstable market for kumquate and other decorations by changing what they buy, but farmers are still engaged in effects.
One farmer Kumquat on the outskirts of Hannoja, Nguyen Duc Vinh, said he lost 40 percent of 3000 trees to floods and strong winds from Typhoon Yagi. This was particularly painful because it happened at the time of the year when traders are greatly viewed by Kumquat Farms and bring orders for the New Year.
As the holiday approached, Mr. Vinh, 51, increased his wholesale prices Kumquat by about 50 percent to cover the cost of labor, he said. But the merchants did not bite so they reduced them to a normal price of about $ 10.
“This craft has become more insecure than ever before,” he said.
Nguyen Van Loi, a Kumquat Hanoju saleswoman who bought 1,000 trees from Mr. Vinh, said on Monday that he had about 400 for sale, even after he reduced the price for half.
“One of the worst years in my 10 years of trading,” said Mr. Loi, 44, as his wife watered Kumquat trees to keep them fresh.
The couple on the motorcycle stopped to check the prices of trees and then drove away without any purchase.
Judson Jones contribute to reporting.