Seafood prices soar

May 28, 2022 07:18 GMT+7

Usually, seafood prices drop after the holidays. However, from April 30 to May 1, the price increase in the market in Ho Chi Minh City has shown no sign of stopping.

Mr. Tran Van Truong, CEO of Royal Seafood, said that the prices of domestic and imported seafood are at their highest levels in the past 20 years. In particular, difficulties in weather and fluctuations in gasoline prices made the prices of some types of domestic seafood surpass imported goods such as crabs and crabs.

Currently, the retail price of grade 1 crab meat in many places in Ho Chi Minh City is up to 730,000-850,000 VND/kg, brick crab costs 720,000-900.000 VND/kg, grade 1 crab costs 790,000-850,000 VND/kg.

Confirming this situation, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thien, owner of a seafood barn and restaurant in Thu Duc City (HCMC), said that all seafood is simultaneously increasing 20-30% of selling prices over the same period last year. last year. Typically, at this time last year, mantis shrimp was priced at 1.1 million VND/kg, now up to 1.4 million VND/kg, while scallops also increased from about 180,000-200,000 VND/kg to 300,000-320,000 VND. /kg.

Ms. Thu Hong sells a 0.5 kg lobster for 299,000 VND. Photo: Nhat Tan.

Meanwhile, in the West, the price of seafood tends to decrease. Ms. Thu Hong, owner of a seafood barn in Ward 2, Soc Trang City, said that after April 30, the prices of many types of seafood decreased slightly. Black tiger shrimp with 10 heads/kg was sold by Ms. Hong for 450,000 VND/kg, down 30,000 VND compared to a week ago.

“The price of 30 black tiger shrimp is 240,000, a reduction of 20,000 VND. The price of crabs also decreased slightly, 4 fish/kg 680,000 VND, before 720,000 VND. Brick crab reduced from 650,000 VND to 550,000 VND/kg; Meat crabs with 3 crabs/kg cost 350,000 VND, 1-2 crabs/kg cost 450,000 VND, a decrease of 30,000-50,000 VND”, said Ms. Hong.

For green lobsters that are “firmly eaten”, on the morning of May 27, Ms. Hong sold 0.5 kg each for 299,000 VND.

And in Duong Dong ward, Phu Quoc city (Kien Giang), owner of Free Beach Phu Quoc Resort Pham Van Sy, said that 6-7 crabs/kg cost 370,000 VND, 5 fish/kg type cost 550,000 VND.

“Fresh egg squid in Phu Quoc on the morning of May 16 is 320,000 VND/kg, squid from 150,000 to 160,000 VND/kg. Cobia with all bones on it costs 300,000 VND/kg, the cut with bones is 200,000 VND/kg, before it was 180,000 VND”, Mr. Sy said.

With raw shrimp, on the afternoon of May 26, workers of Tan Phat Seafood Co., Ltd in Tran De district (Soc Trang) pulled two ponds of white-leg shrimp of 45-50 shrimp/kg in Vien Binh commune and Tran De town. 10 tons of shrimp, which people raise for 80-90 days, are bought by businesses for 123,000-128,000 VND/kg.

Vannamei shrimp of 25 type/kg was bought by businesses in Soc Trang for 175,000 VND, 30 shrimp/kg was 144,000 VND. Small size shrimp 80 pcs/kg priced at 111,000 dong, 90 pcs/kg 102,000 dong and 100 pcs 97,000 dong.

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