CHINA MARKET NEWS
More Chinese Turning to Online Platforms for Seafood Purchases
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...
China’s H1 seafood imports surge to $7bn
By Louis Harkell July 29, 2019 10:29 BST www.undercurrentnews.com China’s direct seafood imports grew 32% to $7.03 billion in the first six months of 2019 compared with the same period last year, underling the Asian giant’s seemingly irrepressible appetite for...
China’s Customs Operation Effectively Ends Most Ecuador White Shrimp Smuggling
July 16, 2019 www.seafoodnews.com Large quantities of Ecuador’s white shrimps used to be smuggled into China through its border trade with Vietnam. However, thanks to Chinese customs operations, such smuggling cases have been slashed to a great extent. More white...
Seafood Imports by Some Chinese Cities Balloons Between January and April
Seafood Imports by Some Chinese Cities Balloons Between January and April June 3, 2019 http://www.seafoodnews.com China’s seafood import has been on the rise within the past few years, and the huge and lucrative market has lured more overseas suppliers. The first four...
China Lures Global Salmon Suppliers with Rosy Market Prospects
http://www.seafoodnews.com As statistics show, prices of salmon imported to China have exceeded 90 yuan ($13.37 USD) per kg in China’s first tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in mid-April. Stocked salmon have been mostly sold out there, while some foreign...
China’s Closed Fishing Season Having Unignorable Ripple Effect
http://www.seafoodnews.com China’s closed fishing season, which reduces its domestic seafood supply and pushes prices upward, began this May. For example, white shrimp prices have been on the rise in the South China since mid-April, and some are set to exceed 70...
Vietnam Takes Advantage of U.S.-China Trade War
May 17, 2019 http://www.seafoodnews.com President Donald Trump’s recent tweets about tariffs and China has hit both the U.S. and China hard and also influenced global markets. Some countries will likely suffer, while some are believed to benefit from the fight between...
China Expects to Replace the U.S. as Largest Shrimp Importer
May 28, 2019 http://www.seafoodnews.com China is not only an important shrimp producer but also a significant importer in the global market. As statistics show, its shrimp output has increased slightly to reach about 1.3 million tons last year. Though the ratio of its...
China Boosts the Development of Canada’s Seafood Industry
March 26, 2019 seafood news.com China has become a huge and lucrative market for many worldwide seafood suppliers, including Canada. As statistics show, this Asian country has become the second largest importer of live lobsters from New Brunswick, Canada. Thanks to...
China Overtakes Japan as Alaska’s Largest Seafood Importer
March 18, 2019 http://www.seafoodnews.com China used to mean nothing more than just an Asian country for fishermen in Alaska, but in recent years it has become a magnet, attracting sellers and seafood products with increasingly great demand and deep-pocket buyers. Its...
Lobster Index Says China Still on the Boil
http://www.seafoodnews.com If the lobster barometer is anything to go by, demand at the top end of the Chinese market remains on the boil despite downgrades in China's growth forecasts. The biggest player in Australia's most valuable wild-catch fishery continues to...