Australian fruit and vegetable prices have soared vegetable merchants saying that losses have lost a million dollars

Vegetable producer Paul Grach said that the flood this year has lost $ 1 million (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Overseas Network, July 5th. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the 5th, heavy rainfall continued to attack Australia's New South Wales, which issued flood alerts in many places in the state. Floods have led to surge in Australian food grocery prices, and the increase in prices may last for a while.

Paul Grakic, a vegetable producer in the southwestern suburbs of Sydney, said that the cabbage and small spinach he planted had been "eliminated" by the rising Nipien River. This is the third time the flood attacked his farm this year, and washed away the revenue of estimated $ 1 million (about RMB 6.7 million). "After the flood, you have nothing."

The prices of consumables such as fertilizers and fuels required for planting vegetables are also rising, and Gracci said that consumers will also be affected. "People are willing to spend $ 4 or 5 (about 30 yuan) to buy a cup of coffee, but if the lettuce is $ 10 (about 67 yuan), it will be news."

Australian Vegetable Industry Group spokesman Tyson Cattle said that the planters in eastern Australia have suffered a long -term impact of natural disasters and the rising costs have to be passed on to consumers. Carter said that according to manufacturer reports, their production costs increased by 35%to 45%. (Overseas Wang Shanning)

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