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Farming area reduction, poor logistics, hold back China’s tilapia expansion

High transport rates to China-bound ports are just one of many issues keeping the Chinese tilapia industry's domestic sales at bay

By SeafoodNews.com | April 16, 2014 16:56 BST
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From Hexun News, translated by Amy Zhong, for Seafood News

The tilapia market in China's Hainan province is turning its attention to domestic sales, as reported Monday in an article by Hexun News, but the effort is hampered by poor logistics and a reduction in available farming areas in the region,

Logistical problems today include the high cost of air transport and the difficulties in keeping tilapia fresh using the land transportation, Hexun News said in another report released Wednesday [...]

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