Undercurrent News' week 13 (March 24-30) US wholesale price assessments for various key commodities are available on our new platform.

Haddock pricing has moved sharply higher, both for twice-frozen and single-frozen product, in week 13. The looming expiration of the Section 301 tariff exemption for Chinese-processed haddock is a central concern, said UCN's Lorin Castiglione in her weekly groundfish sector wrap-up and price assessment. 

After some stabilization last week, warm-water frozen lobster tails continue to consolidate lower where changes occur, said UCN's Gary Morrison in his week 13 frozen lobster wrap-up and assessment. For Brazil-origin tails, the only discount was for the 8 oz size as the velocity of sales slows and sellers look to move inventory. While the season is over, there is still a willingness to be flexible.

Then, the fresh Chilean salmon market softened in week 13 as Lenten demand proved weaker than expected, and sellers faced increased inventory pressure, wrote Castiglione in her salmon wrap-up and assessment. 

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UCN publishes its price assessments and market wrap-ups for crab, salmon, shrimp, frozen lobster, groundfish, farmed whitefish and scallops every Wednesday. On Monday, UCN publishes a market pulse, giving a sense of the week ahead. 

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Click below for the links to each sector update:

• Various species of crab and pasteurized and fresh crab meat (NEW)
• Fresh and frozen Atlantic salmon (NEW) 
• Asian and Latin American shrimp
• American and Latin frozen lobster tails and American frozen lobster meat
• Various species of frozen groundfish such as cod, haddock, pollock and sole
• Frozen and fresh tilapia and frozen pangasius
• Canadian, Chinese, Japanese and US scallops

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