食品伙伴网讯 据外媒报道,近几周以来,澳大利亚人喜爱的牛油果(Avocado)一直缺货,其价格不断走高,目前已达到7澳元一个。业界称这是因为夏天雨水和山火所致,但根据调查,目前短缺是由于人为市场操纵造成。
据报道,媒体调查发现,牛油果供应不足是蔬果产业为在圣诞节期间促销,实行市场操纵造成的。
澳大利亚鳄梨协会前会长艾伦(Antony Allen)称,我认为这是一个错误。市场销售人员的意愿是好的,但操作有误,造成了现在的局面。西澳鳄梨种植园在夏季为澳大利亚供应大多数的鳄梨,当地一些种植者误以为圣诞节后消费者对鳄梨的需求会下降,所以在圣诞节前提供了大量的鳄梨。
部分原文报道如下:
For weeks the avocado industry has blamed rain and bushfires for Australia's summer shortage, which has seen wholesale prices double, retail prices spike to $7 per fruit, and avocado rationing.
But Fairfax Media can reveal the supply crisis was the industry's own doing; a result of market manipulation aimed to boost sales in the lead-up to Christmas.
“I think it was an innocent mistake,” said Antony Allen, former chief executive of Avocados Australia and president of the International Avocado Society. “It was done with the best intentions. It's a misunderstanding of how the markets work, and now we're in uncharted territory.”