TOP10 countries of destination for Russian seafood products exported to international markets in January-February 2012 (by net weight, except for export from beyond the Russian EEZ)
In January-February 2012 Russian exported shipped to the world market 288,300 MT of seafood. Russian fish was exported to 30 countries of the world with the lion’s share purchased by Chinese importers (67.42% or more than 194,000 MT). The second biggest importer of Russian fish was South Korea with a result of 27.20% or ca.78,500 MT. Full rating of countries of destination with ranks and shares from the total volume/value are published in the Appendix 1 in the end of the April issue of the Russian Fish Insider Report, reports www.megafishnet.com.
Country of destination |
January-February 2012 |
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Net weight |
Statistical value |
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rank |
share |
kg |
rank |
share |
USD |
|
CHINA |
1 |
67.42% |
194,359,324 |
1 |
50.76% |
205,911,126 |
KOREA SOUTH |
2 |
27.20% |
78,405,658 |
2 |
34.31% |
139,174,622 |
JAPAN |
3 |
1.72% |
4,960,096 |
3 |
3.97% |
16,091,508 |
NOT SPECIFIED |
4 |
1.05% |
3,036,149 |
4 |
3.59% |
14,547,801 |
NETHERLANDS |
5 |
0.84% |
2,428,416 |
5 |
3.04% |
12,332,040 |
HONGKONG |
6 |
0.49% |
1,400,011 |
8 |
0.60% |
2,430,777 |
KYRKYZSTAN |
7 |
0.23% |
651,543 |
10 |
0.27% |
1,100,940 |
PORTUGAL |
8 |
0.20% |
580,790 |
6 |
0.87% |
3,532,422 |
UK |
9 |
0.17% |
483,265 |
7 |
0.67% |
2,736,562 |
GERMANY |
10 |
0.12% |
333,133 |
9 |
0.44% |
1,789,532 |
Note: The table has been compiled by FISHNET analysts from raw figures of Russia’s Federal Customs Service.