1.202 1 jade consumption data shows that young people aged 25-34 become the main consumer group, accounting for 44%, which is inconsistent with the subjective impression that jade jewelry is more popular with middle-aged people. The reason is that the transformation of the mainstream consumer market has further affected the consumption structure of the jade industry in China.
2. According to the statistics of China Jewelry and Jade Jewelry Industry Association, jadeite is the second most popular category in China's jewelry market. In 2020, the retail sales will account for 18% of the total retail sales in China's jewelry market, second only to gold. Online transactions have surged. The continuous innovation of Internet technology has brought new changes to the jade industry in China.
3. The root cause is that the epidemic continues to spread and the Russian-Ukrainian war continues to be anxious. In addition, it is very important that in 2020, the United States began to print money crazily, which led to global inflation. As the saying goes, money is worthless now. What is the trend of jade in 2022? Some luxury jewelry brands are the first to start raising prices.
Yin Chunlin, the person in charge of the carving center, told the reporter that the price of glass jadeite wool has risen to 3 million/kg not long ago. After only two days, the jadeite raw materials of glass species can't be obtained even if they bid 1 00000 yuan1kg. Jade velvet has become an out-and-out "crazy stone".
According to relevant data, the price of super jadeite rose nearly 3000 times in less than 20 years from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Therefore, the price of high-grade super-grade jadeite has an obvious upward trend and has remained high.
6. At present, the jadeite market is bullish due to the control of the Myanmar Bureau Government on jadeite rough stone and the pressure of domestic inflation. For collection, it can only be said that different people have different opinions, but a good jade will always be a good jade, and its value will not be lost because of the market.
How is the jade market in China now?
The market price of jadeite is generally around 800,000-200,000 yuan.
Compared with the previous twenty, ten and five years, the current price trend of jade jewelry has the following characteristics: (1) the price of middle and low-grade jade is declining; The price of middle and high-grade jadeite is basically stable, with a slight increase; The price of high-grade, especially super-grade jadeite has been rising.
Online transactions have surged. The continuous innovation of Internet technology has brought new changes to the jade industry in China. According to the data of China Jianbao Association, online channels will account for 60% of the retail sales of jadeite products in China in 2020.
Jade prices will continue to rise in 2022. The main raw materials for jade inlay account for nearly 85% of the operating cost, but at present, the prices of various ores are rising, and the mosaic fee of jade is also increasing. Jade is also very strict with the process requirements, and the labor cost also increases.
Now the jade market is not optimistic, and the market is in a downturn. It will take 3-5 years to bottom out. Distinguish between true and false jadeite can be seen by texture, sound and weight. After being polished, natural jadeite will present a bright luster and a delicate feel. After being struck with wooden chopsticks, it will make a crisp and pleasant sound.
The prospect of selling jade ornaments is very good. With the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the jade market has also developed very rapidly, and now its brand capital scale has also expanded rapidly, so this has laid a relatively solid foundation for its future development.
Is jade cheap this year?
Some jadeites are very expensive, and some are hundreds or even tens of dollars. The fundamental reason for the different prices of jadeite is that there are many kinds of jadeite and different quality grades, so there is a certain gap in the prices of jadeite.
Burmese jadeite is cheap. Although jadeite has many producing areas, most of its resources are concentrated in Myanmar. So its market price will be cheaper. But it also depends on the actual situation. If the quality of Myanmar jadeite stone is good, the price will not be much lower.
Some luxury jewelry brands are the first to start raising prices. Last July, Cartier officially announced an increase in global product prices, ranging from 200 yuan to 2,500 RMB. As a favorite jade, jadeite will naturally rise in 2022.
Emeralds in Myanmar are not cheap and risky. Because you don't know the goods, you will be cheated at any time. Emerald is different from many other commodities, especially in Wacheng. The jade market is dominated by sellers, with quotations all over the sky. If you don't know the goods, you may pay ten times or even a hundred times the price of jade itself at any time. There is a kind of jade bracelet on the market with polishing powder.
It is definitely cheaper to do wholesale at the source, and it is also cheaper to distribute. Retail at the source is definitely more than two or three times that of wholesale. Before the 1990s, retail was five to ten times the profit, and distribution was two to three times the profit at the source. This profit rate is normal.
Myanmar is the main producing area of jadeite, and it is normal that jadeite in Myanmar will be cheaper. Myanmar is a place where jade is produced.
What do you think of the quality of jadeite? How is the jade industry now?
Now the jade market is not optimistic, and the market is in a downturn. It will take 3-5 years to bottom out. Distinguish between true and false jadeite can be seen by texture, sound and weight. After being polished, natural jadeite will present a bright luster and a delicate feel. After being struck with wooden chopsticks, it will make a crisp and pleasant sound.
The color of natural jadeite will be natural, the brighter and purer the color, the more evenly distributed the jadeite, and the higher the quality and value.
Look at the color: especially green, the greener and purer, the higher the value. But remember not to look at the color of jade in the light, but in the natural light. Look at transparency: Old people who used to make jadeite can only identify the transparency of jadeite by their own experience.
Look at the color: judging from the color of jade, jade has many colors, such as green, purple, red, yellow, blue and black, and different colors have different shades. However, it is generally believed in the industry that green is the best color of jadeite, and jadeite is the best, because "Cui" in jadeite refers to green.
Look at the seed water: when identifying the quality of jadeite, you can distinguish it from the seed water. Generally speaking, the older the seed water is, the better the water head is, the better the quality of jadeite jade is, and it looks like it has high transparency and moisture, and it will see obvious fluorescence under the light, while the jadeite jade with poor quality has poor water head and poor permeability.
Common ways to see the quality of jadeite are: color, water and carver. In terms of color, jadeite is rich in color, usually bright green, so its value will be higher.