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Why are betel nuts so expensive?

The price of betel nut is higher because of less yield and higher picking cost.

The low output of betel nut is one of the main reasons for the price increase. At present, betel nut has not been listed in large quantities, so the supply is relatively small. At the same time, the market demand for betel nut is large, which further pushes up the price of betel nut. This imbalance between supply and demand caused the wholesale purchase price of betel nut fresh fruit to soar. The high cost of betel nut picking is also one of the factors that increase the price. The picking and processing of betel nut is a labor-intensive industry, which requires a lot of manual input. The increase of labor cost directly affects the price of betel nut. Picking betel nuts takes a lot of time and energy, so the labor cost is high, which is one of the reasons for the price increase of betel nuts.