甘蔗与油棕的秘密

Secrets of Sugarcanes and Oil Palms

随着这些植物相继进入或即将步入收获和盛产期,一个供给过剩的局面即将到来。

Sugarcanes and oil palms,two plants looking to be totally different,have a similar character:the oil palm is a type of perennial plant;the sugarcane could be planted in a year and harvested in many years.This inconspicuous character made the two plants the most upset agricultural products. The price of palm oil has fallen by 40%from the summit of RMB9000 per ton since March 2012.Beside the restriction on edible oil in domestic market,the remarkable growth of outputs in origin countries was also among the main stimuli.The price of oil has kept rising in recent years,which made it profitable to plant oil palms. Many enterprises purchased fields to plant this crop.These newly-planted palms began to ripe in 2011.The planting areas in Indonesia have also been rising.These factors have boosted the rise of outputs. The price of sugar was RMB8000 per ton in 2011, but it has fallen to RMB5000 per ton in this year.It was the expansion of planting areas that depressed the price.The high sugar price in the past years stimulated the sugarcane farmers.More cultivated fields produced more canes. The growing peculiarity of perennial plants leads to the long cycle of farm goods' prices.As to the economic plants,such as oil palms, sugarcanes and rubbers, the roaring prices in past ten years had stoked the fervor to plant these crops and thereby expanded the planting areas. As these crops have stepped or will step into harvest or yielding season,a surplus of outputs will come.