Production for paprika is in Shandong. Shandong is in the area affected by the Three Gorges Dam. They had evacuated a lot of people from the area that would be destroyed if the dam breaks. This might have something to do with it. I haven’t seen anything on the status of the area and the dam recently.
The monsoon season in China is winding down, and the peak is late July/early August.
ThreeGorges Dam is out of danger, but extensive flooding downriver destroyed about a million acres of crops. It was a disastrous year for agriculture in China.