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US makes mad dash for Russian king crab, nearly quadruples normal quantities

Customs data, shared by crab expert Les Hodges, shows the US imported at least 3,829 metric tons of king crab and 680t of snow crab from Russia last month

By Jason Huffman | June 8, 2022 17:33 BST
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