The wholesale price of imported chicken in the Japanese market drops

Introduction: according to the report of Japan economic news on March 26, Japan's chicken imports have been on a large scale, so the supply-demand relationship also affects the trend of the market At present, the wholesale price of chicken in the Japanese market is falling continuously The reasons can be listed as follows: in order to pursue unjust gains, Japanese commercial houses disguised the origin of chicken After the incident was exposed, more and more consumers cast severe eyes on the imported chicken, and the demand for chicken that lost the integrity of consumption was strong and weak, which was quite obvious; because of the panic psychological effect of Japanese mad cow disease, pork and chicken once replaced beef as an important meat consumption variety During the period of bullish chicken consumption, the transaction volume between Japanese Importers and foreign chicken imports has increased greatly, and this part of imported chicken is now arriving in Japan Stocks of imported chicken in the Japanese market are at their highest level to date So the imported chicken market began to fall sharply: the price of American chicken sold in Tokyo on March 25 was about 230 yen to 240 yen per kilogram, 47% lower than the highest price in November 2001 On March 25, the trading price of Chinese chicken drumsticks in Tokyo was 340 yen to 350 yen per kilogram, 43% lower than the highest price in the latest period in December 2001 The imbalance between supply and demand has led to a substantial increase in chicken stocks in the Japanese market According to the latest statistics, at the end of January, Japan's chicken stock reached 103400 tons, the highest level since November 2001 Even compared with the end of December 2001, the increased quantity has reached 19000 tons At the end of January, the quantity of chicken in stock in China was close to the level of 116700 tons at the end of November 1996, which had the largest quantity so far The decrease of chicken demand in Japanese market and the double influence of Thailand and Brazil's chicken contracted to import in autumn 2001 are the main factors of stock increase Especially in Japan, the event that imported chicken was disguised as domestic chicken occurred one after another, and the stock of imported chicken increased dramatically Related to this is the increase in the number of meat products in Japanese refrigerated warehouses, which makes the storage cost of Japanese warehouses tend to rise For example, the storage cost for two to three months, i.e 1.6 yen to 1.8 yen per kilogram for refrigerated warehouses below - 20 degrees, is the high price for half a year since the summer of 2001 (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: