CHINA MARKET NEWS
Covid-19 Update
As the unprecedented coronavirus crisis has upended industries around the world, we wanted to reassure the global seafood industry that the 25th Anniversary CFSE is still scheduled to be held this October 28-30 at the new Hongdao International Convention and...
UK seafood set to take centre stage at China Expo
UK seafood set to take centre stage at China Expo 14 companies to showcase the best of UK seafood to key growth market News Release 28 October 2019 Producers from across the country are set to showcase some fantastic UK seafood at the China Fisheries & Seafood...
Russian King Crab Seizes a Greater Market Share in China
www.seafoodnews.com October 17, 2019 King crabs have become a rock star in the Chinese seafood market, and recent years have shown a dramatic increase in the country’s import, according to media reports. Available data show that its imports have skyrocketed...
China has imported more than $2bn worth of shrimp in 2019 already
By Louis Harkell Undercurrent News Sep. 26, 2019 17:48 BST China increasingly calls the shots in the global shrimp industry with its market now worth billions to foreign exporters, latest Chinese customs data published on Wednesday (Sept. 25) shows. Chinese figures...
Royal Greenland begins live lobster shipments to China
By Undercurrent News Sep. 24, 2019 10:02 BST Quin-Sea Fisheries -- the Canadian division of Royal Greenland -- has officially opened its live lobster facility in New Harbour, Newfoundland on Sept. 18, just nine months after breaking ground at the site. The facility is...
China’s Seafood Imports Surge Again in July
www.undercurrentnews.com Seafood exporters around the world will be buoyed to hear of another big month of Chinese seafood imports. Chinese customs figures released this week show the country imported CNY 8.41 billion ($1.17bn) worth of seafood in July, up a massive...
China’s Shrimp Imports Expected To Rise And So Are The Prices
August 15, 2019 www.seafoodnews.com Imported seafood has become increasingly popular in the Chinese market. Last year China's import value was said to have increased by US$3.62 billion to reach US$11.91 billion, while volume increased to about 7.6 million tons....
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...