Sea crabs increase in price like never before, seafood attracts goods

Reported by the reporter on April 30, on Bui Huu Nghia Street (Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City), the seafood stalls were quite crowded with customers choosing to buy shrimp, crab, crab, squid, and octopus.

At a wholesale seafood distribution point on Vu Tung Street (Binh Thanh District), there are also many consumers buying.

Consumers take advantage of buying retail seafood at wholesale points

The prices of most items increased slightly, with sea crabs increasing the most due to the scarcity of goods because fishing areas also retain local goods to serve tourists. The price of small sea crabs “market goods” is also from 400,000 to 600,000 VND/kg (6-10 fish per kg) and is non-refundable after purchase.

Class 1 sea crabs have an unprecedented high price

According to Marketing Director of Farmers Market store system Vo Thanh Loc, the price of seafood this year increased by 10%, especially crabs increased sharply at 20%. At Farmers Seafood store, the price of large crabs is 899,000 VND/kg (from 2-3 fish), the highest ever. Calculated, each crab costs 300,000 – 400,000 VND.

Each large crab is currently priced at 300,000 – 400,000 VND

Similarly, Mr. Tran Van Truong, General Director of Hoang Gia seafood store system, also said that in 20 years of seafood business, the price of green crab has never been as high as it is now.

“Close to the festival, the store imported grade 1 crabs (from 4-5 fish / 1 kg) for more than 700,000 VND / kg, twice as much as before and sold at 790,000 VND / kg. Due to the characteristics of fresh goods. , food bags for customers, so the price on the store is not profitable, but only to diversify products “- Mr. Truong said.

395,000 VND/500gram for 2 crabs but this point of sale is temporarily out of stock for the holidays

Also according to Mr. Truong, crabs are difficult to preserve, so there are only domestically caught goods, no imported goods. Moreover, when Vietnamese fishermen do not have a sense of resource protection, many small-sized crabs are also brought back and sold without releasing back into the sea, so large-sized crabs are increasingly scarce.

Consumers choose to buy seafood in supermarkets

While the price of domestic seafood increased sharply following the holiday, the supply of imported seafood remained stable, and many retailers took advantage of promotions to stimulate demand.