China's White Shrimp Prices Increase at Surprising Rate; Likely to Continue into Chinese New Year
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Shuichan] translated by Amy Zhong - January 24, 2018
China’s shrimp price index was reported to be 147.74 points on January 17, which is an increase by 4.21 percent (5.99 points) from January 10. Its farm gate price is 30.56 yuan/jin (~$9.60/kg USD) on average for those about 40 shrimp/jin (1 jin=0.5 kg), which rose by 1.15 yuan/jin ($0.36/kg USD).
With Chinese New Year arriving in less than one month, it's expected white shrimp prices will continue to rise. The prices rose to ...
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