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%
Trade insights: Ecuador’s shrimp unit export values decline 6% in 2018
Ecuador's shrimp exports surpassed half a million metric tons in 2018, up 19% compared with 2017