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The Russian Federation increased exports of Alaska pollock fillets to the German market by 78% to 28 000 tonnes in 2006, according to Globefish.
In the year 2006 Russian importers purchased 14,700 metric tons of frozen Alaska pollock fillets (HSC 0304 0 850) from China at a total cost of ca.30 million USD.
Russia has been exporting annually around 1.25 million tonnes of seafood during the period from 2000 to 2005.
The volumes of imported fish production in Russia during the last few years were growing rapidly. This mainly has to do with the growing incomes and purchasing capacity of the population.
In Russia the overall retail sales have been increasing by 20-25% annually reaching a third of the gross domestic product of the country.
According to ROSSTAT, during the period from 1991-2005 the Russian fish industry saw a reduction of the output for human consumption by 23 % from ...
A new phase of development of domestic aquaculture is emerging in the year 2007 declared a "Fish Year" by the Ministry of Agriculture and due to incorporation of domestic aquaculture into the National Project "Development of Agro-industrial Complex" operating under the umbrella of ...
Based on catch dynamics, trends in imported production and domestic output, the total capacity of the Russian seafood market is set to double by 2010.
One of the major canneries of the Russian Far East Delikon Company has launched a new range of canned fish.
Mediterana-labeled marinated seafood cocktail in oil and mussels in oil with garlic and herbs, produced by Russkoe More (Russian Sea) joint-stock company ...
The fish processing plant METATR Ltd., based near Moscow, began producing new marinated herring preserves.
At the international seafood show Prodexpo 2007 recently held in Moscow Santa Bremor Company (a major processor based in the city of Brest in Belarus), ...
The year 2006 was remarkable for a considerable rise on the Russian market of non-finfish marine products (shellfish, mollusks, etc.) and especially large increase was observed on the Russian market of imported sea scallops.
According to provisional figures of Russia's Federal Customs Service, in 2006 Russian importers purchased nearly 18,000 tonnes of surimi (HSC 0304900500 - fresh, chilled or frozen surimi) ...
One of the leading fish processing plants in St. Petersburg "Fish Processing Plant No. 5"(ROK 5) has launched a new label...
Udarnik-2 fishing co-op based in Minkino near Murmansk boosted its fishing fleet with Norway-built Bell-Ocean-2 to become one of the best trawlers of the Russian North Fisheries Basin thanks to its high capacity, good performance and fuel economy.
In 2006 members of Murmansk-based Union of Fishermen of the North associating new private companies as opposed privatized combines harvested 179,000 tonnes of finfish and other aquatic species.
In 2006 in Belarus seafood production, canned fish inclusive, rose by 17.7% as compared to 2005.
The Union of Fishermen of the North supported by leaders of Murmansk Trawl Fleet and Murmansk Union of Fishing Co-ops has approached Secretary General of Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Jorn Krog about organizing a meeting of Russian and Norwegian fishermen ...
According to provisional figures of Russia's Federal Customs Service, in 2006 the volume of mackerel imported from Norway increased 2.5-fold (+156.14%) as compared to 2005, while the value of Norwegian mackerel imports increased by 224.6%.