Tilapia shortage or reduced international orders

At present, there are very few fish in the reservoirs in Guangdong, and the processing plant is forced to lower the acquisition specifications.

At present, the storage volume of tilapia in Zhanjiang has decreased by more than 50% compared with the same period of last year, and some processing plants have stopped working. “We haven’t received a car after the New Year.” On March 15, the owner of Yuzhong Zhang, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province The reporter told reporters that the processing plant has lowered its acquisition specifications and the prices opened are lower than those in the local market. His recent business of collecting tilapia supply factories is difficult to do.

According to report, since the start of this year, many processing plants in Guangdong have used the specifications to reduce their purchase prices. The sale of tilapia for the next one or two months has become more tense. The processing plant was forced to temporarily suspend production. The shortage of raw fish and high prices will result in a reduction in international orders for tilapia during the first half of this year.

On March 14, Zangjiang Lizhong told reporters that the quotation he received from processing plants was 4.6 yuan/kg (300-500g) and 5.6 yuan/kg (500g or more). This price was 1.2 yuan higher than the same period of last year. However, some processing plants suspended production because they could not receive fish.

According to incomplete statistics, the number of tilapia ponds in Zhanjiang has been reduced by more than 50% from the same period of last year. At present, Zhanjiang tilapia processing plant purchases 500,000 pounds of tilapia each day. “In the past, a processing plant at the peak of the daily acquisition volume reached 500,000 kilograms, the current acquisition volume is far from meeting demand.”

According to Lin Xiaowen, general manager of Hainan Hailan Ocean Food Co., Ltd., due to shortage of supplies, the amount of fish collected by Guangdong processing factories in Hainan each day is approximately 100 tons. However, people in the industry pointed out that the daily collection of 100 tons of fish is a drop in the price for the Guangdong processing plant. Moreover, the current fish price is already high. Coupled with the cost of transport across the sea, large-scale cross-sea fishing is unrealistic.

At present, the supply of Tilapia in Guangdong is exactly the same. The only storage ponds are mostly in size 6-7. Due to the large difference between the purchase prices of fish of different sizes and the unstable weather this year, tilapia is not expected to eat much, and the hatchery is not large. For the seedlings of the scale, there are many fish farmers who have chosen to fish and sell the fish.

In an interview with reporters, many people suggested that the current tilapia acquisition specifications in many places have been reduced to 0.4 pounds. According to normal conditions, these fish should be sold only after 1-2 months. The supply of tilapia is followed. Will be more nervous. The person in charge of a processing plant in Zhanjiang also predicted that it is not the most difficult time now. In the next 1-2 months, the lowest supply of raw fish may be available, and no fish may even be available.

With the sale of many small-sized fish, the tilapia investment this year will be highly concentrated in the April-May period after the Ching Ming, which is likely to result in the centralized listing of commercial fish at the end of the year. Will the price of fish fall sharply by then?

"Now it is difficult to judge the future trend." A lot of people in the circulation industry said that in the past two years, tilapia farming has been affected by diseases and natural disasters. Even if it is focused on investment and centralized listing, it is now very It is difficult to determine the volume of fish listed in the second half of the year.

As for the international orders for tilapia, Yan Jian believes that due to the increase in cost, the cost of raising tilapia this year is about RMB 1/kg higher than before and the fish price will not drop much. From the point of view of the processing plant, due to factors such as artificial price increase, rising RMB exchange rate, etc., no significant concessions will be made when receiving orders, and the export will therefore remain at a certain price level.

In addition, a person in charge of a processing plant in Hainan suggested that at present, China’s tilapia sources are insufficient and prices are higher, and the international ordering intention will be relatively weakened. At the same time, the United States still has a certain amount of tilapia inventories and may be more cautious in ordering in the first half of this year. "When the price of fish is high, we don't place orders and wait for more fish to be sold. It is also an international business practice."