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Tilapia Spring Festival 'No Price Cuts Despite Shutdown': Live Fish Hold Firm, Post-Holiday Surge May Be Coming

China's tilapia processing plants in southern production areas shut down for the Spring Festival, with factory procurement nearly zero and trading shrinking to local live fish channels. Prices did not weaken — live fish prices edged up slightly, and post-holiday rebound expectations are building. Meanwhile, the U.S. market remains calm with comfortable inventories and just-in-time buying.

Tilapia Spring Festival 'No Price Cuts Despite Shutdown': Live Fish Hold Firm, Post-Holiday Surge May Be Coming

China's tilapia processing plants in southern production areas shut down for the Spring Festival, with factory procurement nearly zero and trading shrinking to local live fish channels. Prices did not weaken — live fish prices edged up slightly, and post-holiday rebound expectations are building. Meanwhile, the U.S. market remains calm with comfortable inventories and just-in-time buying.