Under-fire Indian shrimp firm Choice to open new factory
The Indian shrimp packer ended its lease of a factory in Amalapuram in March, which it had been occupying while it waited for the new Bapatla plant to be built
Former North Pacific, Eastern CEO Miki shifted to Marubeni’s sugar refining division
Much-traveled seafood veteran Tom Miki has been moved out of seafood to become the next president of the Japanese conglomerate's sugar refining division
Minh Phu’s newly opened shrimp plant ups processing capacity to 91,000t
Minh Phu Seafood's CEO also claimed that using probiotics has almost halved shrimp production costs in some ponds, while improving survival rates to nearly 80%
US picks up pace on shrimp imports in advance of new tariffs
The US imported 12% more shrimp in February 2024 and paid 6% more for it year-on-year
FAO: Fisheries, aquaculture production hit new global record in 2022
Global fisheries and aquaculture production hit 223.2m metric tons in 2022, marking the highest levels since 1950, according to the latest FAO figures
Vietnam boosts value-added shrimp exports, lifting values, says trade group
VASEP claims value-added processed shrimp products have accounted for 40-45% of the total annual export value so far in 2024
China, US show promising signs for Vietnam shrimp exporters
Now that data for the first two months of 2024 is in, we can see demand in the US and China/Hong Kong appears to be up y-o-y, though neither market saw a price increase as strong as the EU
Ecuador ambassador to Japan seeks trade deal with 0% tariff on processed shrimp
Ecuador's ambassador to Japan, Cesar Montano, visited the headquarters of a Mitsui-owned firm to talk up the shrimp trade and its goals for the Japanese market
Dutch firm De Heus opens new shrimp feed mill in Vietnam
De Heus' new feed mill, located in the Co Chien Industrial Zone in the Vinh Long province of Vietnam, has an annual capacity of 50,000t
US sticks to preliminary 13.41% CVD rate for Santa Priscila shrimp in public posting
The preliminary countervailing duties set for frozen warmwater shrimp imported from India, Ecuador, Indonesia and Vietnam have been published in the Federal Register