Peach and kumquat sales are slow this Tet.
(Baonghean.vn) -Vinh City one day before Tet. Even though it is almost New Year's Eve, peach, apricot and kumquat trees are still selling very slowly, and the prices are still expensive.
Mr. Huynh Tien Dung (from Quang Ngai) looked at the row of mai pots and shook his head in disappointment: "Tet is coming but more than 100 mai pots have only sold less than half, even though the price has been continuously reduced for the past few days, there are still not many buyers. Up to now, we still haven't recovered our capital."
Sharing the same situation with Mr. Dung, Mr. Viet Khanh (from Quang Nam)
Not only apricot and kumquat, but many Nhat Tan peach blossom sellers are also suffering from the same sluggish situation. Currently on Le Nin Avenue, at the corner of Le Hong Phong Street, in front of the Central Park gate... rows of kumquat, apricot, and peach blossoms are still lined up waiting for customers. Explaining the reason for this sluggishness, Mr. Dung, Mr. Khanh and many other apricot, kumquat, and peach blossom sellers all said that due to the economic difficulties of the people, many people are quite cautious, choosing the more economical option of spending a fair amount of money to buy trees to display during the Tet holidays.
Moreover, this year the Tet flower market is very diverse, giving people more choices, with many beautiful pots of orchids, chrysanthemums, etc. at reasonable prices. In particular, this year people's trend has shifted to choosing wild peach blossoms and moldy peach blossoms imported from Laos, which has caused the Tet flower market to be somewhat saturated, causing Nhat Tan peach blossoms, kumquats, and apricot blossoms to be unsold.
However, despite the sluggish sales, the prices of apricot and kumquat trees this year are still not cheaper than previous years, even increasing by 20-30%. A pot of apricot trees costs from 1 million to 10 million VND, beautiful trees can cost up to tens of millions of VND. At this price, many people, even though they want and like it, still hesitate.Quang An
