Supermarkets in the US often display ginger next to garlic. The price of ginger in major supermarkets at the beginning of September was 1.99 US dollars per pound, while garlic was sold for about 3.5 US dollars per 10 heads.
Several supermarkets in Queens, New York City, said that after the US imposed additional tariffs on Chinese exports, prices of ginger and garlic did rise - ginger prices rose by about 10 to 20 cents per pound. Although the increase has not reached the highs of 20%-30% recorded for other foods imported from China.
An extra tariff has been slapped on China’s garlic exports to the United States since September last year. Since September 1, the US began to impose a 15% tariff on Chinese goods worth about $125 billion, including ginger.
Source：Tencent