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Yangyang pine mushroom supply and price trends

Overview

In Yangyang, Gangwon Province, the annual pine mushroom auction concluded on October 8 with record-breaking prices. Due to a significant supply shortage, the highest auction price for grade-1 mushrooms reached 1,711,700 KRW per kilogram.

The total auction volume for the year was 3,870.77kg, totaling approximately 1.5 billion KRW, which is a decrease of about 2 tons compared to the previous year. The auction ended roughly three weeks earlier than last year after daily procurement volumes fell below 30kg for three consecutive days. Experts attribute the lower production to insufficient rainfall during critical growth periods, noting that a lack of moisture following the start of the auction hindered development.

Entities

Bucovina · Yangyang Sokcho Forestry Cooperative · Piotr Grześ · Gangapurna · Yangyang

Timeline

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Sources

click.ro · jnilbo.com · m.imaeil.com · newsweek.ro