In the Nanshan aquatic products wholesale market, one vendor is selling.

Recently, the public Ms. Yu told reporters, when she was a few days ago the supermarket bought a string of squid, barbecue shop actually asking price 20 yuan, Ms. Yu has not believe, a few months ago sold 10 yuan a string of squid, how the price rise so far? Reporters learned that, Qingdao market the public to eat squid, squid string dishes of the main raw material for more than 90% of all Argentina squid, squid. Now Argentina squid prices after several months after the wholesale price has soared, from about 5 yuan a pound rose to more than 10 yuan per kilogram, a lot of people address him not afford to eat the grilled squid.

People can't afford the successive rise quickly

In October 5th, the reporter visited Taitung and Zhongshan Road District, found that many kebab shop has no squid kebabs. In the three Taitung Road, a barbecue shop, the reporter found that the squid, squid head shadow claw, counter price of 4 yuan a bunch of claws, squid, squid 2 yuan a head. The barbecue shop manager Li told reporters, this year the price of squid made her very helpless, too expensive, store and dare not to raise prices, so now the price is only guaranteed.

"Squid prices rose so much, now eat squid series are hard to find." Interview with reporters, the public Wang told reporters, she is especially fond of squid, I often buy, but now rarely bought. "Last October, squid plate a is 5 yuan, 10 yuan can buy three string, in July of this year has become a bunch of 7 yuan, and then to a few days ago, has risen to more than 10 yuan a." Wang said, after I can't buy squid eat, the price is too expensive.

The hotel cost is too high but squid.

Reporters found that, not only in the roadside barbecue shop, restaurant and other food as long as squid, prices also rose.

University Road, a restaurant manager Wang Jingli told reporters, the store and pour oil, saute squid flower squid is the specialty of the house, but because the price of squid, a 18 yuan last year, this year has been referred to 28 yuan, the price is not to lose money, "a dish to a pound of giant squid, squid cost light on the 13 yuan, plus rent, labor, not to mention the price."

"We do not store the squid is the main dishes, like seafood cooked noodles, seafood soup and other dishes, just to put less seasoning." In a restaurant in Taitung, store the procurement staff said, now the squid prices expensive, in order to turnover, he had suggested the kitchen "reasonable" dishes.

Less than half the market price is too expensive.

"Squid prices crazy!" In the Nanshan aquatic products wholesale market, an aquatic shop manager said zang. It is understood, people eat squid, more than 90% Argentina squid, squid is imported, so expensive, because the price of Argentina.

"The price is from last July began to rise, then a jin of Argentina squid, the wholesale price of 4.5 to 5 yuan, to mid September this year, the wholesale price rose to 13 yuan a pound, more than half a month, the price has been maintained at 13 Yuan Yijin." Another aquatic shop manager Zhu said, the squid head wholesale prices from last year's 5 yuan rose to the current 9 yuan a catty, squid plate from 5 yuan a pound, now risen to 10 yuan a catty.

Your prices, customers will be less. Zang said the manager, they now catty squid profits in the angle of about 5 last year, one day can sell 1000 jins, now less than half of the original.

"I stand, now every day to sell squid and last year more than half a day can be, more than 200 pounds, almost do not make money, want to quickly down the price of squid!" An aquatic shop boss told reporters.

Argentina accounted for nine of the market into the squid

At present, there are many on the market in Qingdao squid, squid, squid and Japan and South Korea, including Argentina local squid, squid in Argentina large, good taste, the taste of beauty, accounted for more than 90% of the market. Argentina squid prices, also led to the prices of other squid. Qingdao marine fishery company, said a staff member, a considerable part of the Qingdao Argentina squid is shipped in from Yantai, Weihai and Zhejiang.

Argentina this year why squid prices soar? An analysis of the familiar squid import business manager, Argentina squid prices, mainly because of the global main producing areas of Argentina. In recent years, due to overfishing, coupled with this year's local area climate and changes in ocean currents, fishing decreased, leading to rising prices. "Weihai and other places some of the import and export import prices also rose."

However, according to the reporter, Qingdao in September after the sea, a lot of sea salvage ship will soon began to return to Hong Kong, the squid to market a lot of time, which may give the squid prices cool down.