With the large volume of salt being put into the market, the irrational panic buying phenomenon has been quickly quelled. On 20th March, the salt supply is quite sufficient in many supermarkets and sauce wholesale markets. Additionally, the supply is gradually being restored in community groceries and rural stores.
At noon 11 o'clock, the reporter found the supply was sufficient in INZONE underground supermarket. Just like before, the salt price was fixed from 1.2 yuan to 1.9 yuan. And the iodized salt was still 1.5 yuan. Compared with the panic buying on 18th March, the sales appears to be cooling. Waiting for half an hour, the reporter found no one come to buy salt.
Then in RT-Mart, Wal-Mart, and Bayi INZONE, the reporter also found the salt supply was quite sufficient, and the price was also similar to that in INZONE underground supermarket. One staff member said: "Today, the customer who comes to buy salt really needs it."
Zhu Luhong, Director of the Salt Bureau said the Salt Bureau put a total of 4000 tons of salt into the market from 17th night to 20th early morning. At present, the salt market order is back to normal.
