Is it luxurious to eat seafood in Taiwan?The exposure of current price data tells you that it is really more expensive than China

Is it luxurious to eat seafood in Taiwan? Current price data can speak, it is really more expensive than China. (From the Facebook + YouTube screen of the Fisheries Department)

Artist Rainie Yang recently participated in the recording of the “Zhejiang Satellite TV” location program “There are Poems and Far Away 3” in China. A section of “the luxury of eating seafood” aroused heated discussions among Taiwanese netizens. Is eating seafood in Taiwan a luxury life? Looking at the information from the Fisheries Administration and the global seafood price index, Taiwan’s seafood prices can be considered cheap or expensive.

In the program, Rainie Yang answered a question from the Chinese writer Mai Jia, “How come Taiwanese have never eaten tofu fish?” Rainie Yang replied, “I haven’t eaten it. Actually, I’m in Taiwan, and I haven’t eaten any seafood.” The other party replied, “Yes. “Is it?” She replied: “In the early years, there was a lot of economic pressure at home. In fact, eating seafood was a luxury there.” As a result, this show immediately aroused heated discussions among Taiwanese netizens. Is eating seafood in Taiwan considered a luxury? life.

Rainie Yang’s “Seafood Luxury Theory” has sparked heated discussions among Taiwanese netizens. (Turn from YouTube screen)

Zhang Zhisheng, Director of Fisheries of the Agriculture Committee, mentioned when he attended the event last month that the price of domestic fishery products this year is about 5% to 10% higher than last year, butSome fish products have lower prices, such as grouper and Taiwan sea bream, etc.. The price of grouper last year was NT$223 per kilogram, and this year it was NT$200, down 10% from the same period last year; the price of Taiwan sea bream was NT$52 per kilogram, also down 9.4% compared to the same period last year.

In addition, bamboo mackerel was 35.8 yuan per kilogram, down 1.6% from 36.4 yuan in the same period last year. White hairtail is 10 days earlier than last year because the rich season has not yet arrived. The price is 161.4 yuan per kilogram, which is 41.7% more expensive than the 113.9 yuan in the same period last year.

The price of soaked oysters is 104.5 yuan per kilogram, an increase of 21.4% from 86.1 yuan in the same period last year. The price of saury was 80.8 yuan per kilogram, an increase of 15.4% from 70 yuan in the same period last year, mainly because the catch this year has not yet returned to Hong Kong. The price of squid was 97.1 yuan per kilogram, up 17.4% from 82.7 yuan in the same period last year. White shrimp was 203.2 yuan per kilogram, up 8.4% from 187.5 yuan in the same period last year.

On the other hand, the website “The Global Economy” organizes the comparison of global seafood prices. The report uses 2017 data to make statistics, showing that Taiwan’s seafood prices ranked 57th among the 167 countries in the world, ranking first. The name is Switzerland. In other words, Taiwan’s seafood prices are high compared to the world, but lower than those in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea, but they are indeed more expensive than China.