Overview of seafood exports from Russian Far East in April 2012
April 2012 was marked first of all by strong shipments of frozen pollock roe from the Russian Far East to main export markets as well as by a serious rise of Japanese import of live crab and a dramatic increase of Chinese import of frozen Russian salmon, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/.
Russian Far East seafood exports in April 2012 (compiled by FISHNET analysts from reported figures)
| Product | Destination country | Shipments volume, metric tons / Average price, JPY or USD per kilo | |||||||
| March 2012 | +/- %% versus March 2012 | April 2012 | +/- %% versus April 2011 | April 2011 | January-April 2011 | +/- %% versus January-April 2011 | January-April 2012 | ||
| Frozen salmon (sockeye) | Japan | -70% | 40 MT | 4 times up | -54% | 510 MT | |||
| +35% | JPY 687 (USD 8.35) | -25% | -10% | JPY 465 | |||||
| Frozen salmon (less sockeye) | China | 300 MT | 8 times up | 2,430 MT | 0 MT | +34% | 8,500 MT | ||
| -3.5% | USD 3.00 | USD 3.20 | -25% | USD 2.40 | |||||
| Frozen pollock roe | Japan | +345% | 8,500 MT | +36% | +48% | 10,800 MT | |||
| +33% | JPY 1,025 (USD 12.45) | +36% (+37%) | +32% | JPY 970 (USD 12.10) | |||||
| Frozen pollock roe | South Korea | -9% | Less than 1,000 MT | -5% | +2% | ||||
| -18% | USD 9.90 | +29% | +27% | USD 10.90 | |||||
| Frozen pollock roe | China | -24% | 500 MT | -6.5% | +15% | 1,470 MT | |||
| -35% | USD 9.57 | -3.5% | +30% | USD 12.30 | |||||
| Frozen pollock roe TOTAL | Japan, South Korea, China | 13,600 MT | +35% | 11,400 MT | One third up | 15,200 MT | |||
| Frozen sieved salmon roe | Japan | 0 MT | 7 MT | ||||||
| JPY 2,525 (USD 31.55) | |||||||||
| Frozen salmon roe (raw material) | Japan | 0 MT | 4 times up | 360 MT | |||||
| +58% | JPY 1,470 (USD 18.40) | ||||||||
| Salted herring roe | Japan | 0 MT | 0 MT | 17 MT | |||||
| JPY 770 (ca.USD 9.65) | |||||||||
| Frozen herring | Japan | -82% | 220 MT | +23% | 3,140 MT | ||||
| +34% | JPY 110 | +12% | JPY 110 | ||||||
| Frozen pollock | Japan | 5 MT | 12 times up | 430 MT | |||||
| -33% | |||||||||
| Frozen pollock | China | 139,300 MT | -40% | 82,600 MT | 314,500 MT | ||||
| USD 1.33 – 1.344 | USD 1.30 | USD 1.32 | |||||||
| Frozen cod | Japan | 42 MT | -62% | -48% | 360 MT | ||||
| JPY 290 (ca. USD 3.55) | -4% | +7.5% | JPY 315 | ||||||
| Frozen halibut, total | China | 26 MT | -27% | Less than 800 MT | |||||
| Frozen white halibut | China | 13 MT | 3.5 times up | 46 MT | |||||
| -5% | USD 1.90 | ||||||||
| Frozen black halibut | China | - | 126 MT | ||||||
| USD 7.60 | +12% | +38% | USD 5.30 | ||||||
| Frozen flounder | China | -57% | 300 MT | +1.5% | 4,120 MT | ||||
| Less than USD 1.50 | USD 2.50 | USD 1.62 | -17% | USD 1.34 | |||||
| Frozen halibut | Japan | -58% | 180 MT | -21% | 830 MT | ||||
| JPY 625 (USD 7.60) | +12% | +21% | JPY 675 | ||||||
| Frozen flounder | Japan | 175 MT | +187% | +46% | 265 MT | ||||
| JPY 255.00 (USD 3.10) | +19% | JPY 265.00 | |||||||
| Frozen ocean perch | Japan | +256% | 290 MT | +37% | -4% | 980 MT | |||
| JPY 470 (USD 5.70) | +30% | +30% | JPY 465 | ||||||
| Frozen Atka mackerel | Japan | -21% | 890 MT | -38% | +109% | 7,400 | |||
| JPY 305 (USD 3.75) | +6.5% | = | JPY 260 | ||||||
| Frozen crab (mostly snow) | China | -33% | 130 MT | -40% | +40% | 800 MT | |||
| USD 2.80 | -50% | +9.5% | USD 4.85 | ||||||
| Frozen snow crab | USA | Twice down | 50 MT | At least 5 times down | -38% | 720 MT | |||
| +23% | USD 6.35 | +25% | -7% | USD 6.00 | |||||
| Frozen king crab | USA | 1,200 MT | -43% | 700 MT | -11% | +19% | 3,630 MT | ||
| -5% | USD 17.40 | -26% | -24% | USD 17.10 | |||||
| Frozen king crab | Japan | -8.5% | 730 MT | +266% | +179% | 3,100 MT | |||
| = | JPY 2,120 (USD 25.80) | -9% | -8% | JPY 2,010 | |||||
| Frozen snow crab | Japan | +150% | 680 MT | -25% | -13% | 2,000 MT | |||
| JPY 950 | +8% | JPY 1,030 (USD 12.50) | -4.5% | -15% | JPY 905 (USD 10.55) | ||||
| Live snow crab | Japan | 11 MT | 520 MT | -43% | -54% | 830 MT | |||
| +26% | JPY 690 | ||||||||
| Live king crab | Japan | 5 MT | 60 MT | -18% | -30% | 270 MT | |||
| JPY 1,375 (USD 16.70) | +47% | +25% | JPY 1,040 | ||||||
| Live hairy crab | Japan | 34 MT | 30 MT | -53% | -60% | Less than 130 MT | |||
| JPY 1,040 (USD 12.60) | +50% | +19% | JPY 1,055 | ||||||
| Frozen shrimp | Japan | Twice up | More than 1,000 MT | -10% | -9% | 2,680 MT | |||
| -9% | JPY 940 (USD 11.40) | +15% | +14% | JPY 905 | |||||
| Live sea urchins | Japan | +12% | +5% | -4% | 3,410 MT | ||||
| +1.5% | JPY 600 (USD 7.30) | +19% | +9% | JPY 580 (USD 7.25) | |||||
| Frozen squid | China | 131 MT | 2 MT | -6% | 540 MT | ||||
| USD 1.10 | -17% | = | USD 0.87 | ||||||
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