On February 14th , the one-year Valentine ’s Day was supposed to be a twenty-four hour period when the prices of heyday rise with a big cut-rate sale . However , the impact of COVID-19 ( coronavirus ) has show the opposite .

It is learned that due to the impact of COVID-19 , many offline blossom shop class were unsympathetic . diligence insider predict that the overall requirement for efflorescence at the peak of " 14 - 02 " this year was only about 30 % to 40 % of previous years . Affected by the epidemic , the going of the heyday industriousness in Yunnan Province will strain 10 billion RMB .

Closed shop and Valentine ’s Day"There esd only a ruby-red rose giving box , and we did n’t have a with child number of stocks on Valentine ’s Day , and we had a shortage of the materials . " An on-line flower store responded . ” Due to the epidemic , offline flower shops have not operate their business . They could only provide contactless distribution services . Even so , business has not been full . " The lodge was far bad than in previous years . "

The newsman of Sohu contacted several online flower shop class , and most of them said that offline stores did not make a turgid number of purchase for formulation in advance .

" The shelf animation of the flowers is very short . This class ’s epidemic situation is severe . We also anticipate the grocery store to be stale . All of them will not be stocked in large quantities , but only a little before Valentine ’s Day . " A flower shop owner enjoin to the reporter .

" Estimated Yunnan Flower Industry Losses 10 Billion"On February 10 , Kunming Dounan efflorescence market resumed on-line auction trading , and the Kunming International Flower Auction Trading Center ( referred to as “ the Flower Auction Center ” ) reopened . Due to the epidemic prevention and control , the Flower Auction Center was closed for 4 days .

But the resume on-line trading mart is still very cold . Transaction data point showed that 2 million theme were traded on February 10 , with an overall average toll of 0.43 RMB per stem , which was a decrement of 70.95 % , reaching the lowest in three years since 2018 . The turnover rate was also only 67 % .

And as of 14th February , the flower auction centre has not released fresh dealings data selective information .

However , in the transaction data released on February 10 , the Flower Auction Center said that the nationwide scope is still in the key period of epidemic bar and control , most of China ’s heyday market is still closed , the number of order in the terminal market is small , and the overall demand is not eminent . Trading go along to be torpid . In terms of logistics , although with the recommencement of work in the auction sale market , major logistics companionship around Dounan also step by step resumed oeuvre , the logistics site is still not idealistic . Some air freight logistics have been partly restored , but inhuman range of mountains demesne transfer has recovered comparatively less .

Although the market is gloomy , the trading data on February 10 has been the best functioning compared to the ten days before the market place suspension . Gao Rongmei , general manager of Kunming International Flower Auction Trading Center , said in an interview that " the daily trading volume for the 10 24-hour interval before the business shut out down was only over 1 million stems , and more than 2 million stems were trade today , which give way us confidence in the food market . "

It is find that the former transaction data before the transaction was resumed on February 3 , the total supply of vendue transactions on that daytime was 1.2 million , which fell to a newfangled lowest stop , and the dealing continued to subvert , with an average dealing price of 0.45 RMB / Stem and 80 % transaction rate .

On February 3 , Dounan Flower Market also announced the functioning of flower markets in 22 cities include Beijing , Shanghai , and Guangzhou . Among them , only three flower market place in Taiyuan , Nanning , and Changchun are open .

Dounan Flower Market stated that as weddings and gatherings were stopped , need in the last market was very weak and due to entering the critical control period of the epidemic , some grocery kept closed . In addition , logistics basically stagnated , and transactions continued to be dreary .

It is regain that the sharp descent in trading in the Dounan flower market begin from the outbreak . The data evince that on January 23 , the full amount of auction bridge transactions in the market was about 1.8 million , which illustrates that the dealings dropped sharply , with a transaction charge per unit of 81.3 % .

From January 20th to 22nd , the total amount of auction sale transactions in the market was about 3.4 million , 3.4 million and 3 million , severally . The transaction rates were 92.3 % , 96.3 % , and 88.9 % .

If compared with the data of the former days of Valentine ’s daytime in 2019 , the online trading data of Dounan Flower Market looks even more dismal .

From February 10th to 14th of last year , the marketplace supply was about 8 million , 8.5 million , 5.9 million , 5.1 million and 1 million , respectively ; the dealing rate were 89.62 % , 92.63 % , 96.9 % , 90.1 % , and 95 % .

The “ coolness ” of the online auction marketplace straight reflects the “ iciness ” of the flower grocery store . The offline trading marketplace is even more difficult .

According to Gao Rongmei , the overall demand during the " 14/2 " peak period is expected to be only about 30 % to 40 % of premature old age . In the first quarter of 2020 , Yunnan ’s invigorated baseball swing heyday transaction are figure to decrease by 2 billion stems , of which the flower auction shopping mall transaction is calculate to decrease by 120 million stems . The flower tax income in the first quarter of former years accounted for more than one - third of the year , which was all-important for the whole year . The industry ’s loss is figure to reach 10 billion RMB .

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