In the summer, the spicy crawfish, as a “salary night-top flow”, is undoubtedly the summer-defined “soldier”. In recent days, journalists have visited the seafood market in chinando and have found that the price of the popular lobster has fallen this year. The price of lobster is more concentrated at $15 per pound, the price of large lobsters has not exceeded $20 per pound, and the wholesale price of lobsters has fallen by about 20 per cent over previous years. Industry sources indicate that the lobster market is saturated and prices are expected to fall in june and july, but not significantly。
The lobster price fell by $10 per pound
In recent days, journalists have come to the chinan seafood market to visit a circle and find that the prices of lobsters sold vary according to their head and quality. A pound of lobster is worth about $12, a pound of lobster is worth about $15 and a pound of lobster is worth about $18。
A business that is pouring water on lobsters has attracted the attention of journalists." in may, lobster production increased and prices dropped to a minimum of $9 per pound.” ms. Liu told reporters that she had been selling lobster in the market for 10 years, with the day being dominated by retailing, and the night being “big head”。
Journalists visited a number of seafood markets to learn that the reasons for the fall in the price of lobsters this year are influenced by weather, volume of supplies, supply and demand. Ms. Liu felt most deeply that the weather affected the freshness of the lobster and thus the price of the lobster. “customs demand a high degree of freshness for crawfish, and if they are not, the price will be $1 or 2 less than usual.” ms. Liu showed the reporter with a mid-sized lobster, “if it's good weather, it'll sell up to $15 a pound, but today it's too windy and not very active, and it's only $14 a pound.”
During the few minutes of discussions with journalists, a number of citizens came to ms. Liu's booth to ask about the price of lobsters. When asked about the future price trends for lobsters, ms. Liu argued that “the prices are already low and cannot be reduced again”。
Weishan lake lobster sells better
In the chinan seafood market, journalists have also found that a number of merchants would play the brand of “misan lake lobster”. The merchants explained that the majority of the lobsters sold came from anhui, jiangsu, hubei, shandong and chinin, among them, which is more popular。
It is known that lake chiningwa, shandong, is one of the country's small lobster production sites, which, thanks to their rich biological bait resources and the appropriate water depth, water quality and climate, provide excellent conditions for their growth and reproduction。
From the end of the supply, what is the price cut for lobster? The reporter contacted a small lobster farm in weishan lake, where, according to the officer-in-charge mr. Wang, lobsters are divided into three different specifications, called crayfish, which weighs two to four cents and is usually used in a barbecue; the medium specification is called crayfish, which weighs five to six cents, and most hotels and hotels chooses this specification; the large specification is called crayfish, which weighs seven to eight cents. The wholesale price of prawns this year was $8 per pound, and the price of prawns was $15 per pound。
He also explained that, as a result of fresh water farming, the crawfish is clean, the bottom plate of the crawfish is white and the cheeks are white. Mr. Wang is not worried about sales volume, “we also have a demand on our clients that, if we are to obtain the goods at wholesale prices, we have to buy them every day and at least 200 pounds at a time, and we want to keep our customers stable”
Food and commercial overprice volatility is not significant
The wholesale cost of lobster drops, and the price of the restaurant, the merchant, will change?
Journalists went to a barbecue shop near east road of jenan culture, where the clerk stated that the price of a single lobster had not changed, but that a large number of specifications had recently been introduced. "it's a good business. A lot of people come here to eat spicy lobsters and sell over a hundred pounds a night."
Subsequently, journalists came to a large chain of dealers. At the lobster mall, journalists found the price stamped “member discount”。
“the price of lobsters in previous years was more than 20 pounds, and only $19 a pound this year.” ms. Staff week said, “there are more customers coming to buy lobsters on weekends than on working days.” in order to guarantee the freshness of lobster, the supermarket receives new goods every morning and requires employees to pick out dead shrimp. In addition, journalists have seen on some line app that three pounds of crawfish are being promoted on a preferential basis, from 80 to 60 times lower。
Expert: saturated lobster market
In recent months, the production of live lobsters has increased by 606 per cent, with 4-6-dollar sizes being the most popular。
Why does the price of lobster fall this year in such a hot market? The industry analyses the increase in the number of farmers, high yields and saturated markets. Data released by china's water products public company show that, in 2022, china's crayfish production had reached 2. 8907 million tons, in 2023 it had almost exceeded 3 million tons, and in 2024 it was likely to produce more than last year。
Analysis of liu xian, senior engineer, fisheries development service centre, weishan county, “the price of lobster is influenced by market conditions. The lobster is now slowly on the market at a lower price. As the number of lobsters on the market increases, prices may fall in june and july, but not significantly.”
