According to market research, snake meat and medicinal snakes have become popular commodities in domestic and foreign markets in recent years. The market demand in Japan, Southeast Asia, South Korea, some countries in Western Europe, and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan is increasing year by year, with an annual growth rate of more than 10%. Prices are rising year by year, with an average increase of more than 5%. The domestic market is also showing a hot sales trend, and the market conditions are good. , the gap is huge, driving the price all the way up.

Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Harbin, Hangzhou, Yiwu and other places are the largest consumer markets for snake meat in my country. The monthly sales volume in the Hong Kong market reaches about 100 tons, and the monthly sales volume in the Guangzhou market exceeds 600 tons. . As the supply of snake meat exceeds demand, the price has increased year by year. In 1999, the price of snake meat increased by an average of 10% compared with 1998, and currently it has increased by an average of more than 3% compared with the previous year.

The price of medicinal snakes has generally increased, and the increase has been significant. In the medicinal material markets in Bozhou, Anhui, Yulin, Guangxi, Chengdu, Sichuan and other places, the most popular akid snake has increased from 750 yuan/kg to 780 yuan/kg; the black snake has increased from 50 yuan/kg to 65 yuan/kg; and the large white snake has increased from 50 yuan/kg to 65 yuan/kg. 85 yuan/kg increased to 100 yuan/kg; small white snake increased from 8 yuan/piece to 12 yuan/piece; snake shed increased from 50 yuan/kg to 60 yuan/kg; crisp snake increased from 450 yuan/kg to 550 yuan/kg; longyi increased from 55 yuan/kg to 65 yuan/kg; snake whip increased from 300 yuan/piece to 400 yuan/piece; snake gallbladder increased from 1,000 yuan to 1,500 yuan to around 2,000 yuan.