As the Overseas Organizer of China Fisheries & Seafood Expo, we wanted to take a few minutes to update you on the 25th Anniversary edition of the show. CFSE 2020 will take place as planned October 28-30 at Qingdao’s new Hongdao International Convention and...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

www.undercurrentnews.com China will lower import tariffs on products ranging from frozen pork and avocado to some types of semiconductors next year, but tariffs for surging seafood imports will stay the same. Next year, China will implement temporary import tariffs,...

http://www.undercurentnews.com Ivan Mikhnov's unusual morning ritual is he prays China’s economy avoids a downturn. Speaking to Undercurrent News at the recent China Fisheries and Seafood Expo in Qingdao, the first vice president of Russian crab company Antey Group...

seafood news.com December 4, 2019 E-commerce platforms are playing an increasingly important role in China’s seafood sales. As available statistics show, the country’s online seafood sales reached 27.126 billion yuan ($3.8 billion USD) in 2018, which accounts for 1/3...

By Undercurrent News Nov. 27, 2019 09:48 GMT Chinese consumption of Norwegian cod has increased 500% since 2014, when the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) began working to promote the whitefish there, it said. New research suggests consumption has risen from 1,000...