From: Chinanews.com
Chinanews.com, April 27 (Chinanews.com, Financial Reporter Xie Yiguan) the weather is turning hot, and it is the peak season for crayfish sales. Recently, the related topics related to the collapse in crayfish prices have been on the hot search.
Crayfish in Chengdu plummeted to as low as 6 yuan per jin. Crayfish prices halved in Hangzhou market. With the news of crayfish prices coming out one after another, it also makes people wonder why the "midnight snack peak" fell again and again in the past. Don't people like crayfish anymore?
The price is on sale! The wholesale price starts from 6 yuan per jin.
Hubei Province isDragomanftgameThe largest crayfish producing area in China. Recently, with the large-scale listing of crayfish, A Bing (a pseudonym) has also begun to be busy.
He is from Gongan County, Hubei Province. He not only has his own shrimp fields, but also collects shrimp from neighboring farmers and sells them to crayfish wholesalers. In addition to wholesale, he also opened a direct selling business online this year.
"this year's shrimp is cheaper than last year, for example, on the 23rd, Xiaoqing (crayfish species) is 6 yuan, Zhongqing is 12 yuan, and Daqing is between 25 yuan and 32 yuan according to different specifications." A Bing shared with the reporter.
"now is the crayfish concentration on the market, and the price has dropped a little recently." He estimates that it will be cheaper in May, but not much cheaper.
Qianjiang in Hubei Province is famous at home and abroad for its crayfish. According to the Xiagu 360 platform supported by Qianjiang Municipal Government, on April 24, Xiaoqing's reference price was 8.Dragomanftgame.5 yuan, 14 yuan for Zhongqing and 30 yuan for Daqing. From the crayfish market average price trend chart, in recent days, Zhonghong (crayfish species), red gunhead and Zhongqing, green gunhead prices are more obvious.
Not only is the wholesale price falling, recently, the reporter visited the offline supermarket in Beijing and found that the retail price of crayfish has also fallen.
In a Yonghui supermarket, the price of fresh crayfish is 19.98 yuan per jin. "it used to be more than 20 yuan, but now we are engaged in activities, and the price has dropped a lot." Supermarket staff said.
Online APP, another large supermarket, showed that fresh crayfish dropped 7.9 yuan to 19.9 yuan per jin, a low price for nearly 25 days.
The output is rising year by year, the import of shrimp is increasing, and the price is affected.
Like hairy crabs, crayfish are a seasonal delicacy. Prices fall gradually in April as crayfish hit the market in large quantities, reaching a low in May.
But the price of crayfish this year is lower than in previous years. Jiang Han, a senior researcher at Pangu think tank, believes that this is first of all due to the rapid growth of crayfish production. With the continuous progress of culture technology and the expansion of culture scale, the output of crayfish is increasing year by year. "especially in recent years, various localities have issued policies to support the development of the crayfish industry, which has further promoted the prosperity of the crayfish farming industry."
The reporter noticed that the "Chinese Crayfish Industry Development report (2023)" jointly released by the National Aquatic Technology Popularization Station, the China Fisheries Society and the China Aquatic Circulation and processing Association shows that in 2022, China's crayfish culture area reached 28 million mu, with an output of more than 2.89 million tons, accounting for 8.79% of the country's total freshwater aquaculture output, and has become the fourth largest freshwater aquaculture species.
"in addition, the climate is suitable this year, and the growth environment of crayfish has been well protected, which has further increased the production of crayfish." Jianghan said that Hubei crayfish is listed in advance, while crayfish from Sichuan and other places are on sale at the same time, making the market supply of crayfish unusually abundant. When supply exceeds demand, the price of crayfish will naturally fall.
Recently, some consumers in Hubei, Sichuan and other places also reported that they bought crayfish of about 10 yuan per jin in the vegetable market.
In Jianghan's view, in addition to crayfish production growth and technological progress, the increase in imported shrimp aquatic products is also one of the reasons for the decline in crayfish prices.
Nowadays, with the continuous development of international trade, more and more shrimp aquatic products enter the Chinese market, providing consumers with more choices. These imported shrimp aquatic products make consumers have more room for comparison and choice when buying.
Why didn't the crayfish restaurant reduce its price?
A few years ago, the price of crayfish continued to soar, once selling for 100 yuan per jin. At that time, someone also made a comparison picture, the unit price of crayfish per jin exceeded Audi, Land Rover.
But in recent years, as the crayfish industry has become bigger and stronger in various places, the price of crayfish has also begun to decline, and news of a drop in the price of crayfish has been exposed from time to time, even on a par with the price of vegetables and milk tea.
However, due to the differences in location and purchase channels, consumers' reactions to the price drop are also different. Netizens often comment that crayfish worth dozens of yuan a jin are bought in the supermarket.
In this regard, Jianghan also analyzed that although prices in the wholesale market have fallen to single digits, retailers have not fully passed on this advantage to end consumers. Retail prices remain at a relatively high level. This is because retailers need to cover their own operating costs, rents, employees' wages and other expenses, while restocking at low prices, they still need to ensure a certain profit margin.
As for the question of "why the price of crayfish has dropped, the restaurant that sells crayfish has not reduced the price", it is also because among the operating costs of catering, in addition to the purchase cost of raw materials, there are also labor costs and rent and property costs. Businesses should also consider the market environment, similar enterprises and other factors, combined with their own business ideas and strategies to determine.
Therefore, consumers want to eat cheap crayfish, in addition to goods comparison, buy their own or more cost-effective. (end)