With the approaching of the May Day holiday, crayfish have also ushered in a concentrated listing, coupled with the soaring temperature in many places, like summer, making crayfish also enter the peak consumption season. However, people with hearts have found that this year's crayfish market does not seem to be beautiful, and the price of many places has been cut down, and the lowest has dropped to 10 yuan a pound, and many people ridicule the crayfish for being blind! What's going on?
01, a roast duck = 4 pounds of crayfish?
Until the first half of April, the price of crayfish has been relatively expensive, especially in February and March, because of the small supply, crayfish is more rare and expensive. However, since the end of March this year, crayfish have begun to decline, and have been withering and sluggish, and even some netizens have complained: "A roast duck = 4 pounds of crayfish?" ”
For example, in the Kunming market, crayfish performance is not too good. The reporter found that the crayfish in the Kunming market fell by 20-30 yuan / kg compared with March, because the price is cheap, but also attracted many people to buy, of which 4-6 money crayfish is very popular.
In the Changsha aquatic market, the lowest price of crayfish has fallen to 10 yuan / catty, but due to its small size, there are not many people who buy it, which is suitable for shrimp tails.
Lao Liu told reporters that at present, the crayfish has dropped to 10 yuan per kilogram, and the larger one is 16-18 yuan / kilogram. However, the price of crayfish for more than 7 yuan is still expensive, 40-50 yuan per kilogram. For daily consumption, you can buy 18 yuan a pound.
In other stalls, crayfish are basically 10-18 yuan / catty, but the largest one is 45 yuan per catty. Ms. Wang, a citizen, said that what she bought at the market a few days ago was 16 yuan / jin, and now it has dropped to 12 yuan / jin.
In a supermarket in Changsha, the crayfish was basically sold out after just 2 hours, and its price was 16.8 yuan / catty. The staff said that the first two days of crayfish 20.8 yuan a catty, but now the supply has increased, the price continues to fall.
Yiyang South County is a crayfish producing area, in March when the 3-5 money crayfish quotation was 50-60 yuan / kg, but now it has dropped to 15-16 yuan / kg; more than 7 yuan is 110-120 yuan per catty, and now it has dropped to 37-38 yuan / kg. Some wholesalers said that in May, the price of the pond will drop to 7-10 yuan per catty.
In the Jinan area, crayfish prices are also significantly lower, market manager Lao Zhu said that this year's crayfish market period is advanced, in may of previous years only concentrated on the market, but began to pour into the market in mid-April. In addition, in the past, large lobsters rarely appeared in April, but now there are not many large lobsters. It is these factors that have caused the market price of crayfish to fall significantly.
For example, 2-3 yuan is basically 13 yuan / jin, cheap 10 yuan / jin; 4-6 yuan of crayfish, the current price is 18 yuan / jin, the quality of 20 yuan / jin; and 8 yuan size lobster has dropped to 35 yuan / jin, down 40% compared with previous years.
Mr. Wang, a citizen, said that now that the price of crayfish has been cut, he bought 3 kilograms of lobster, 12 yuan a catty, and the merchant also gave away a spice pack to attract customers to buy.
02. Why did crayfish fall?
Since 2015, crayfish has sprung up through the Internet platform, transforming from a niche specialty food into an Internet celebrity food, which is deeply loved by people across the country. Since the 18-year World Cup, drinking beer and eating lobster has become a new trend, and the crayfish industry has continued to expand, with an output value of up to 380 billion yuan.
However, behind the growing output value of crayfish is the shrinking price of crayfish. Some people wonder, why is it that it is now in the peak season, but the crayfish have ushered in a decline?
1. Shrinkage in peak season
In the past, lobster shops could be open from April to November, but now the peak season is only 3-4 months long, which has greatly affected the crayfish industry. After all, starting in August, seafood products began to enter the market, and hairy crabs entered the market in September, which made crayfish sales impacted.
At the same time, the scale of crayfish farming is relatively large, but the peak season has ushered in a contraction, so its market has been greatly affected.
2. Affected by the mask incident
According to data, the output value of crayfish in 2019 was 411 billion yuan, but due to the mask incident, the output value in 2020 shrank to 344.846 billion yuan. From the perspective of network sales, it was 60 million yuan in 2000, but only 10 million in 2021, which can be described as a cliff-like decline.
From these data, it can be found that after the mask incident, crayfish sales have declined year by year. Although some people say that takeaway lobster is also very popular. In fact, takeaway accounts for only about 15%, which cannot replace traditional lobster shops. In everyone's view, the taste of takeaway is biased, and takeaway can not eat the feeling of food stalls.
3. The traffic is not smooth
Since the beginning of this year, there have been mask incidents in many parts of the country, and to this day the traffic is still not smooth, which can cause great losses to crayfish farmers. Affected by the weather, crayfish are listed in advance, and the production is too much, but due to poor transportation, it is difficult for lobsters in the production area to enter the big cities.
For some large cities, due to the cold demand of the catering industry, crayfish sales are dismal, resulting in a cold crayfish transaction, and the price of the production area has fallen, which in turn has affected the market quotation.
So, can the May Day golden holiday reverse the disadvantage of the crayfish market?
At present, it is difficult to form a tourism boom on May Day this year, and the catering industry will naturally be affected. However, the increase in crayfish sales is inevitable, it is expected that the price of crayfish will rise during the holidays, but it will continue to fall after the holiday, what do you think?