Garlic (18 Viewers)

[Diabalo]

Just been to my local Asda to pickup a few bits including garlic, I don't normally look at where it came from but this time I did and it was China, I looked at all the other types and they all came from China.

That's a lot of air miles don't the French grow them anymore?

 

[pappajohn]

French are too busy growing onions

 

[pappajohn]

China leads the world's garlic production, accounting for 73.8% of world production, followed by India with 10.4%, Bangladesh with 1.7%, South Korea with 1.3% and Egypt with 1.2%

Appears to grow best in warm countries.

 

[Brains]

Just been to my local Asda to pickup a few bits including garlic, I don't normally look at where it came from but this time I did and it was China, I looked at all the other types and they all came from China.

That's a lot of air miles don't the French grow them anymore?

I very much doubt it's flown in.
Aeroplanes only carry three things in bulk: People, Documents and small low density high value items (which includes Flowers!)

It will be Shipped in.
The cost of a container load of garlic from China to the UK is much the same as a lorry load from France.

However the cost of growing in China will be a lot less than the same amount in France.
As land, heating, polytunnels and picking and packing cost will be considerably less in China

Typically the cost to ship vs fly is 1:1,000
An airfreight broker will talk in dollars per kilo.
A ship broker will talk in dollars per tonne.