Crayfish is "white blind", the price in many places is halved, and the lowest price is 10 yuan. What did you do to the food?

With the May Day holiday approaching, crayfish also ushered in a centralized listing, coupled with soaring temperatures in many places, just like summer, making crayfish also enter the peak consumption season.

However, it seems that this year's crayfish market is not good. The prices in many places have been halved, and the lowest price has dropped to 10 yuan a catty. Many people ridicule crayfish for being blind! What happened?

0 1, a roast duck =4 kg crayfish?

Before the first half of April every year, the price of crayfish has been relatively expensive, especially in February and March. Crayfish are more expensive because of the small supply.

However, from the end of March this year, crayfish began to decline, and it has never recovered. Some netizens even spit: "A roast duck =4 kg crayfish?"

For example, the performance of crayfish in Kunming market is not very good.

The reporter found that the crayfish in Kunming market decreased by 20-30 yuan/kg compared with that in March, which attracted many people to buy because of its low price, among which 4-6 yuan crayfish was very popular.

In Changsha aquatic products market, the lowest price of crayfish has dropped to 10 yuan/kg, but because of its small size, few people buy it, so it is suitable for making shrimp tails.

Lao Liu told reporters that at present, crayfish has dropped to per catty 10 yuan, and the bigger one is per catty 16- 18 yuan.

But the price of crayfish above 7 yuan is still expensive, 40-50 yuan per catty.

For daily consumption, you can buy a kilo of 18 yuan.

Other stalls of crayfish are basically 10- 18 yuan/kg, but the big one is 45 yuan kg.

Ms. Wang said that she bought 16 yuan/kg in the market a few days ago, and now it has dropped to 12 yuan/kg.

In a supermarket in Changsha, crayfish were basically sold out just two hours after placing an order, and the price was 16.8 yuan/kg.

The staff said that the crayfish was 20.8 yuan a catty two days ago, and now the supply has increased and the price has continued to decline.

Yiyang Nanxian is the origin of crayfish. On March 3, the price of crayfish in 5 yuan was 50-60 yuan/kg, and now it has dropped to 15- 16 yuan/kg; 7 yuan's surplus is 1 10- 120 yuan per catty, but now it has dropped to 37-38 yuan/catty.

Some wholesalers said that the pond price will drop to 7- 10 yuan per catty in May.

In Jinan, the price of crayfish has also dropped significantly. Lao Zhu, manager of the marketing department, said that crayfish came to the market earlier this year, only in May last year, and began to flood into the market in mid-April.

In addition, there were few lobsters in April last year, and now there are many lobsters.

It is these factors that make the market price of crayfish drop obviously.

For example, the base price of 2-3 yuan 13 yuan/kg, and the cheap price 10 yuan/kg; 4-The current price of crayfish in 6 yuan is 18 yuan/kg, and that of better quality 20 yuan/kg; 8 yuan-sized lobsters have dropped to 35 yuan/kg, down 40% compared with previous years.

Mr. Wang said that the price of crayfish has been halved now. He bought 3 Jin of lobster, 12 yuan Jin, and the merchants also gave away seasoning packets to attract customers to buy.

02. Why did crayfish decline?

Since 20 15, crayfish has sprung up with the help of the internet platform, transforming from a niche food to an online celebrity food, which is deeply loved by people all over the country.

Since the 18 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 380 billion yuan.

However, behind the increasing output value of crayfish is the shrinking price of crayfish.

Some people are curious, why is crayfish now in the peak season but ushered in a decline?

1, the peak season has shrunk

In the past, the business hours of lobster shops were from April to 165438+ 10, but now the peak season is only 3-4 months, which has a great impact on the crayfish industry.

After all, seafood products began to enter the market in August, and hairy crabs entered the market again in September, which affected crayfish sales.

At the same time, the scale of crayfish culture is relatively large, but it is shrinking in the peak season, so its market is greatly affected.

2. Affected by the mask incident

According to statistics, the output value of crayfish in 20 19 was 4 1 10 billion yuan, but due to the mask incident, the output value shrank to 344.846 billion yuan in 2020.

From the point of view of network sales, it was 60 million yuan in 2000, and only 10 million yuan in 202 1 year, which can be described as a cliff-like decline.

From these data, it can be found that after the mask incident, the sales of crayfish declined year by year.

Although some people say that take-away lobster is also very popular.

In fact, take-away food only accounts for about 15%, which cannot replace traditional lobster shops.

In everyone's opinion, the taste of takeaway is biased, and takeaway can't feel like a food stall.

3. Poor traffic

Since the beginning of this year, mask incidents have occurred in many parts of the country. Until today, the traffic is still not smooth, which can make crayfish farmers suffer greatly.

Affected by the weather, crayfish went on the market in advance, and the output was high. However, due to poor traffic, it is difficult for lobsters in producing areas to enter big cities.

For some big cities, the demand for catering industry is deserted, and the sales of crayfish are bleak. As a result, the crayfish trade was deserted, and the price of the place of origin fell, which in turn affected the market quotation.

So, can the May Day Golden Holiday reverse the disadvantage of the crayfish market?

At present, I'm afraid it's difficult to form a tourism boom on May 1 this year, and the catering industry will naturally be affected.

However, it is inevitable that the sales of crayfish will increase. It is expected that the price of crayfish will increase during the holiday, but it will continue to fall after the holiday. what do you think?