CHINA MARKET NEWS
With Great Confidence in Chinese Market, Salmon Exporters Plan For More Direct Access to Consumers
www.seafoodnews.com January 29, 2021 Under the influence of coronavirus, salmon has encountered great challenges in the Chinese market. The country’s total import of frozen salmon is estimated to dive by about 50%. However, the market is too lucrative to be given up,...
New Zealand Rock Lobster Industry Back in Action After Being in Hiatus Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
http://www.seafoodnews.com April 21, 2020 One of New Zealand's first industries to be badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is bouncing back and exporting to China. The New Zealand lobster industry was among the first and hardest hit by COVID-19, with the export of...
Virtual Marketing Outshines Others in Facilitating Chinese Seafood Market Revival
April 8, 2020 seafood news.com Online channels have been rising to prominence as seafood marketing tools in China, a country haunted by the coronavirus outbreak and also market bust during this Chinese New Year. These platforms not only boost the country’s domestic...
Australia Seafood in Demand as China Looks Past Crisis
March 31, 2020 Chinese demand for seafood is coming back and Cairns Airport is at the forefront of the industry’s recovery. Airport CEO Norris Carter said there was “pent up demand” for banquets. “Now that China has started to come out of the coronavirus crisis, we’re...
China’s largest seafood market back in business
By Louis Harkell March 24, 2020 09:46 GMT Undercurrent News China's largest seafood wholesale market in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, is getting back to business with 70-80% of vendors resuming trade. Undercurrent News' China correspondent Hu Luyi visited Huangsha...
Boost for seafood as restaurants across China reopen
By Louis Harkell Undercurrent News March 18, 2020 09:57 G Restaurants across China have reopened providing a boost for seafood consumption, CCTV reported on Tuesday (March 17). Over 140,000 foodservice companies in Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong...
China becomes world’s biggest shrimp importer by volume
By Louis Harkell Feb. 11, 2020 08:33 GMT www.undercurrentnews.com China's imports of shrimp almost tripled to 718,000 metric tons in 2019, seeing it overhaul the US to become the world's largest importer by volume, according to Chinese customs data compiled by...
China’s seafood imports surge 39% to $15bn in 2019
China's seafood imports surged 39% in 2019 to CNY 106 billion ($15.3bn), according to Chinese customs data released Jan. 23, likely making China the second-largest seafood importer in the world ahead of Japan. The import surge follows 44% import growth in 2018, in...
China Lowers Tariffs on More Imported Seafood Products
www.seafoodnews.com January 2, 2020 On Dec. 23, 2019, China officially announced it is cutting tariffs on some imports, set to take effect Jan. 1, 2020. With the increasingly great popularity of foreign seafood products in China, some products will benefit from such a...
Indian seafood exports to China break $1bn mark in 2019 for first time
By Undercurrent News Dec. 31, 2019 09:57 GMT Seafood exports from India to China have grown by 42% in the past year, with growth particularly strong in shrimp, reports The Economic Times. As a result, total seafood export values to China over the first 11 months of...
Panoply of global seafood brands populate Alibaba’s Hema stores
www.undercurrentnews.com By Louis Harkell Dec. 24, 2019 09:19 GMT Alibaba Group’s Freshippo -- known locally as Hema -- is marketing some of the world’s most well-known seafood brands at its stores in China, with leading international firms set to benefit as the...