Lobsters that have been hailed by many consumers as “top of the night” are returning to the aquatic market this year with lower “off-the-shelf” fees。
A recent visit by a reporter from the newspaper shinjing revealed that, earlier this year, the lobster had been on the market, and a small number of lobsters had been on the market in beijing as early as march. By mid-april, lobsters were on the market on a scale, with prices around 20 per cent lower than in the same period the previous year。
According to industry sources, the demand for lobster this year is considerable, and prices will be further explored in the wake of the high consumption season in may. At the same time, industry has yet to develop “in-house”, further improving technology and quality and promoting high-quality industry development。
The lobster is on the market
As early as march, a small proportion of the lobsters were caught in the open. Dingdong bought vegetables and told the news reporter that, because of the rapid upturn in the pre-manufacturing temperatures, lobsters were generally on the market earlier this year, and on march 10, the platform was installed in beijing。
Beijing's new network of officials began updating the wholesale price for lobsters in beijing this year on march 19, with an average price of 42. 5 yuan per pound for shrimps of 35g-45g and 25 yuan per pound for lobsters of 20g-30g. By 18 april, the average sale price for the above-specified lobsters had been reduced to $35 per pound and $23 per pound respectively。
On 19 april, #little lobster fee fell # went to the second place in real-time heat search and triggered discussions. The reporter of the newspaper shinjing saw a box of 4- 6-dollar lobsters sold on 2 march in beijing, and the price dropped to 25. 9 per pound on 19 april. In addition, the shop offers a time limit for the purchase of lobsters, allowing them to take 3 kg。
The size of the lobster drops at a price. Newsman wang si jin, journalist
“in the beginning of march, mainly at a low price”, mr. Zhang, a beijing aquatic businessman, told the news reporter that there were not many vendors selling lobster at the beijing market at the time, which was accompanied by warmer weather and the rising catch of lobsters in various parts of the country, and that prices were cut in the face of the mass surge in april. At present, many of the crawfish sold at the beijing market are fertilized crayfish, which can be bought later in may with more mature, meaty crayfish。
In the country's first visualized lobster vertical power exchange platform, the “shrimp valley 360” network of officials, ninjing newspaper journalists noted that since 12 april, red-shell lobster data have appeared in the platform's price monitoring of sales in beijing, shanghai and wuhan. According to website staff, this indicates that part of the red-shell lobster has gradually landed on the market。
On april 20, the community’s brand money chain began to market lobsters at the south china regional gate, which is dominated by three to five dollars, and three pounds of four to six and six to eight dollars. Through the distribution system, lobsters are distributed directly from the core sites of the country's crayfish production, such as hubei county, the sub-king river, hunan yuyang and jiangsu, and are sent to their mother's shop the following morning after the warehouse to ensure their activity。
Tinker bell also introduced the news reporter to the new kyoto newspaper that the company would transport the lobster from the place of production to the shelf within 24 hours through the entire cold chain. When transported to the beijing water silo, the staff members conducted a secondary selection to select death and poor quality; the lobster would continue to be in suspense once delivered。
On 21 april, jiang soo-soo, known as the chinese lobster capital, also officially opened a lobster fishery, further pushing the 2024 lobster season to its climax。
It's 20% lower than last year
“as the average temperature in april was lower than in the previous year, the size of the crayfish out of the pond is now small, with more than three, four and five cents,” mr. Xia, a lobster farmer in hubei kong, told the newspaper reporter that the price of crayfish is lower this year than in previous years, and that the price of shrimp seed is much cheaper, and that “the revenue should be good this year”。
According to data from kyoto, the sale price for lobster in hubeihong lake is about $11 per pound for 3 to 5 dollars, and the price for 4 to 6 dollars is around $18 per pound for 4 to 20 per cent less than the same period last year。
Why are the prices of shrimp seedlings and shrimps down double? Zai jun, secretary-general of the lobster industry branch of china's association for the circulation and processing of aquaculture, informed the news reporter that the consumption of lobsters is flowing to the restaurant, family and, in part, from the processing plant to the shrimp tail, to the frozen shrimp tail or to the sauced shrimp tail. The market for lobsters had performed well the year before, and the incentive of farmers had increased, leading to a drop in the price of shrimp seedlings last year, after which prices were not as bright as expected。
The reasons for the fall in the price of prawns include higher production, the recovery of market demand and the need for consumer trust to be consolidated. Cai jun mentioned that the processing of shrimp tails started a price war, and that some manufacturers, in order to remain profitable at low prices, had increased their weight by thickening the ice with shrimp tails, which had a rate of over 40 per cent, and consumers had lost confidence in the products concerned. Last year, a large backlog of shrimp tails from many processing plants was found, and even late-stage lobster market prices were unsatisfactory. “it also reminds practitioners that, in order to do well in the lobster industry, the core is to make sure that the product is properly controlled, that the goods are real, that consumer needs are met, and that false pretences ultimately hurt themselves.”
While downstream is yet to be mastered for “inner work”, upstream is already breaking into higher technology. In 2023, hubei subjiang presented the technical challenge of “four seasons with shrimp” and, at the end of the year, a number of institutions, including the institute of aquatic biology of the chinese academy of sciences, the academy of agricultural sciences of hubei province and the china university of agriculture, set up the hubei province institute of industrial technology for lobster industry, which promotes the core technical cut-off of the lobster industrial chain and the selection and breeding of quality varieties。
According to media reports in march 2024, the hubei industrial technical research institute for lobster industries in hubei province has four technical patents on shrimp harvesting in the autumn and winter ponds, bringing the production of shrimp per acre to 200 pounds. This year, the results will be tested and disseminated in appropriate areas, with an expected expansion of 5,000 acres by the end of the year. Thanks to winter shrimp farming techniques, the china lobster trading centre, located in the deep river, has, in the recent winter, reaped a higher turnover of lobsters than during the same period the previous year. Farmers with winter shrimp farming technologies claim that under the “four seasons with shrimp” model, lobsters, while not priced at all, will, on average, increase overall gains by each season。
It's going to be a good sales season after may
In mid-april, the institute of consumption and industrial development of kyoto published its lobster consumption watch, which shows a steady upward trend in the sale of lobster products in recent months, with a 606 per cent, 109 per cent, 78 per cent and 4 to 6 per cent of live lobsters being the hottest。
Cai jun expects that after the 5-1 holiday, the initial catch and sales of lobsters will peak during the year, when the price of lobsters will be further refined. The boom season is due, on the one hand, to the high production of lobster in summer and, on the other hand, to the fact that many people have developed consumption habits that remind them of eating lobster in summer。
Lobsters will be on the market after may. Newsman wang si jin, journalist
According to mr. Ha, a lobster farmer, the five-and-seven large-scale lobster farm is usually supplied to the catering end and the four-and-a-half to the processing plant. This year there has not been a significant increase in end-of-business orders, “there are now more small orders and fewer orders of scale. However, it is expected that sales will increase significantly in may and that sales will be better during the season.”
The official in charge told the news reporter that the lobster had been popular with consumers for many years in the summer night, and the shop was expected to be in a hot season in june. At the same time, “breed + lobster” became the summer “painting” of many young people at the moment, “young consumer groups are more likely to consume lobsters and thus show greater demand in guangzhou, shenzhen, shanghai and hunan and hubei”. This year, the sale of lobster is expected to increase by 50 per cent。
According to the kid, young consumers are the main consumer of lobsters, with a combined sales ratio of over 50 per cent after 90 and after 00, and an increase of over 120 per cent in the circulation chain. After-90 sales accounted for 52. 9 per cent and 48. 1 per cent, respectively, of spicy and spicy lobster consumption, while after-80 sales accounted for 50. 6 per cent and 45 per cent, respectively, of garlic and 13 spicy lobster consumption。
Will the crawfish continue to be the "overnight tops"? According to choi joon, the industrial chain of crawfish in aquatic products is more complete at macro level, with lively, processed, catering and exporting, and markets have developed a more stable base demand for lobster. “in the case of lobster purchases, although the demand for shrimp tail processing is not optimal because of the ice-packing problem, the demand for non-icing shrimp processing is rising, as is the volume of lobster sales at traditional restaurants, combined with the subsequent lobster festivals in various locations and the promotion of electric operators, this year the lobster season is still considerable.”
