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Four firms hit hardest by US ban on Russian crab, out hundreds of millions in future sales

One seafood importer, who could lose at least $232m in annual Russian crab sales, was started by a former Ukrainian, who says, 'We're 100% against the war'

By Jason Huffman | March 21, 2022 16:00 GMT
Russian Crab Company frozen crab products. Credit: Russian Crab Company
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Direct Source, Arctic Seafoods, Orca Bay Seafoods and the Deiss Sales Company are the four US seafood companies that look to feel the most pain as a result of president Joe Biden's executive order that fully takes effect on March 25, banning the import of Russian seafood, based on US Customs data shared with Undercurrent News [...]

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