Fat friend, do you like to eat lobster?

Good news, this summer, the price of lobster, summer’s best social delicacy, is going through the roof!

Are lobster prices plummeting?

Let the editor of Jintou answer it for you!

The report shows that the unit price of lobster consumed at night in about 90% of provinces across the country has dropped compared with the same period last year, with Beijing and Shanghai having the largest declines, with an average drop of more than 35%. What happened?

In recent years, due to the rising market, the lobster breeding area has also increased rapidly. The lobster breeding area in Qianjiang City, Hubei Province alone is now close to 800,000 acres, an increase of more than 100,000 acres from the end of 2017. According to data from the China Crayfish Trading Center, the lobster breeding area in Qianjiang City, Hubei Province is now close to 800,000 acres.

Take medium-sized crayfish weighing 4-6 yuan as an example. When it was first launched in March this year, the wholesale price once reached more than 35 yuan per catty. After mid-May, as crayfish were put on the market intensively, the price once dropped to 13 yuan per catty.

.The current wholesale price is around 23 yuan per catty, which is still lower than the same period last year. Those of you who like to eat lobster, are you ready?