Trade insights: Ecuador’s China shrimp sales continue surge as prices fall
In the first two months of 2019, Ecuador exported some 57,000t of shrimp to China and Vietnam, worth $328m
Trade insights: Despite US tariffs, China’s tuna exports surpass 100,000t
Chinese tuna companies offset a decline in sales to the US market by increasing exports to Spain by over 10,000 metric tons, according to trade data
Trade insights: India’s shrimp exports surpass 600,000t, but growth slows
India's exports of shrimp grew 8% to 615,690t, according to latest trade data, equivalent to some 44,495t more Indian shrimp products on global markets
Trade insights: Middle East shows huge appetite for Thai tuna
The Middle East is now a bigger market by volume for Thai tuna exporters than the EU and US combined
Trade insights: Is wild-caught whitefish consumption on the up in China?
Focus has sharpened on Chinese consumption of imported, wild-caught whitefish in the context of the US-China trade war
Trade insights: Chinese pollock processors squeezed despite price recovery
The global pollock price crash of 2016-2017 still casts a shadow on Chinese processors whose export margins are squeezed despite a recovery in prices in 2018
Trade insights: China’s fishmeal imports slip 7% to 1.46m metric tons in 2018
The average unit value of China's imports increased by 8% to $1,520 per metric ton, according to latest trade data
Trade insights: Norway’s cod exports worth over $1bn in 2018
Norway exported $1.10bn of cod products in 2018, up from $1.04bn in 2017, as higher unit values offset a 9% drop in volumes
Trade insights: Norway’s frozen mackerel export values hit new high as volumes slump
At $1,780/t, the average unit export value of Norwegian frozen mackerel was 23% higher than in 2017; total export volumes dropped by 27%
Trade insights: Norway’s fresh salmon exports to Poland grew 15% in 2018
Salmon giant Norway exported just shy of a million metric tons of fresh salmon in 2018; exports to its largest market, Poland, grew 15%