The price of hot pepper soars after New Year

Spring Festival has already passed. The expense in the holiday has been far away gradually. The fruits, vegetables, meat and egg prices tend to be stable as a whole in Dongguan, Guangdong. But the price of hot pepper is rising instead of fall. The increase scope reaches over 30%.
According to market research by a reporter, increase scope of green pepper is over 30%. The Hunan pepper is the most expensive pepper, which close to meat price, amounts to 7 Yuan per half a kilo. Moreover, the dry pepper is also rising to nearly 30% and the highest retail price is 30 Yuan per half a kilo.
It is reported that the collective rising in prices of hot pepper should be related with the short supply. The source of goods is from north at present. The hot pepper may be difficult to fall in the short-term. Besides the hot pepper, the price of garlic also rises to 8 Yuan per half a kilo in Dongguan. It does not see any stable situation in two months.