Nghe An: On the second day of Tet, meat and vegetable consumption is slow, seafood prices are high.

Meat and vegetables maintain prices but slow consumption

On the 2nd dayTetAlthough purchasing power is not much, food and vegetables are sold quite a lot in Yen Thanh and Quynh Luu areas.

Fresh beef is sold at Roc market, Trung Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) on the morning of the second day of Tet but the number of buyers is low. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Ms. Phan Thi Trinh, a beef shop owner in Trung Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district, said that on the morning of the second day of Tet, she slaughtered a cow and got 1.3 quintals of meat. While in previous years, there were quite a lot of customers buying meat at this time, this year the number of customers has decreased significantly, even though the price of meat is lower than the days before Tet. Currently, the price of beef is from 220,000 to 240,000 VND/kg.

"Most of the meat sold was ordered by restaurants, while people bought it for personal use only and are worried that it will be difficult to sell all of it today," Ms. Trinh shared.

On the morning of the second day of Tet, although there were many buyers at the vegetable stall in Yen Thanh, the prices were still very cheap. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Nearby, at the tableporkMs. Nguyen Thi Anh's shop has very few customers. Ms. Anh said that early in the morning of the second day of Tet, her husband and she butchered an 80 kg pig, but by noon they had only sold half of the meat. The price of pork on the first day of the year fluctuated from 120,000 - 150,000 VND/kg, the same as the days before Tet.

Although there are not many sellers of all kinds of green vegetables, the prices are very cheap. Ms. Lan, a vegetable seller at Roc market area, said that all kinds of vegetables are as cheap as before Tet. Unlike previous years, after Tet, green vegetables usually have high prices, but this year the price of chrysanthemums is only 2,000 VND/bunch, celery 5,000 VND/bunch, cabbage 3,000 VND/head...

Outside the market area, in the areaYen ThanhThere are also some places that have food for sale on the morning of the 2nd day of Tet such as Hom market (Hop Thanh)... These are the market areas that always attract the most people to buy and sell in Yen Thanh area.

Pork stalls also had very few customers on the morning of the second day of Tet. Photo: Xuan Hoang

While in Yen Thanh, food prices remained stable as before Tet, in Quynh Luu, purchasing power was higher, prices increased slightly. On the morning of the 2nd, at the Giat crossroads market, vendors had already set up their stalls to sell food and vegetables very early. According to the reporter, food prices increased slightly compared to before Tet.

Specifically, grade 1 beef, before Tet was 280,000 VND/kg, but on the second day of Tet it increased by 5,000 VND/kg; grade 1 pork is currently priced at 180,000 VND/kg (an increase of 10,000 VND/kg compared to before Tet). For green vegetables, purchasing power has increased due to people's demand.

After Tet, fresh seafood prices have increased 2-3 times. Photo: Viet Hung

Seafood prices increase sharply

The item with the strongest price increase in the first market session of the year isseafoodFresh. Through investigation at major markets such as Giat market, Quynh Van market, Quynh Ngoc market... in Quynh Luu district on the morning of the second day of Tet, it can be seen that the shop owners have pushed up prices.

Sea bass is priced at 160,000 VND/kg, an increase of 30-40,000 VND/kg compared to before Tet. Photo: Viet Hung

Specifically, anchovy fish before Tet cost 80,000 - 100,000 VND/kg, now it is 170,000 - 200,000 VND/kg; shrimp before Tet cost 150,000 VND/kg, now it is 300,000 VND/kg; snails cost 130,000 VND, now it is 170,000 VND/kg; squid cost 150,000 VND, now it is 200,000 - 250,000 VND/kg... Most of the items have their prices increased 2-3 times.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong - a seafood seller said: The reason seafood prices are higher than before Tet is because people mainly eat meat during Tet; after Tet, most people choose to buy seafood, while fishing boats have not yet set sail, so prices are pushed up.