According to the Tangerines Sales Office of the city, as of October 18th, the city\'s total sales of tangerines reached 54, 3000 tons, accounting for 18.4% of the total production estimated output which is 295, 2800 tons. At present, sales of Yichang very early-ripening tangerines are over while early-ripening tangerines sales are still going on.
　　On prices, the highest price of orchard sales is 3.6yuan per kilogram and the lowest is 1.2yuan per kilogram. The wholesale price is 1.96 yuan per kilogram, which is 0.72yuan higher than that of same period of last year, 58 percent increase. City Agricultural Bureau experts introduced, Yichang tangerines sales price showed a high run trend this year, mainly because of its good quality, great varieties and decline of production. What’s more, sales person from different places have also innovated marketing strategies and optimized services. Now,the popularity of Yichang tangerines has increased dramatically after a series of activities including Tangerines Festiva held at Yiling District, China\'s Tangerines Academic Annual Conference as well as the advertisement of Yichang tangerines on CCTV-1 at prime time,
　　At present, Yichang tangerines have recently become the dominant products in the market. And experts suggested that the professional cooperatives should prohibit early-harvest, enhance pest control in order to guarantee the quality of tangerines and maintain the reputation of Yichang tangerines. They also pointed out that the tangerines should be Pided into different parts in terms of their degree of maturity and size and so on. In addition, they reminded farmers should obtain the first information about the selling of the tangerines at that time and sell their product in a sensible way by analyzing the supply and demand in the market. (Reporter Cao Yang, Intern Chen Ruyang )