Moscow's freshfrozen fish market turning focus on accelerating salmon season
As per the first week of July 2009 the attention of the Russian market participants trading in freshfrozen seafood in Moscow has been focused on progressing salmon season in the nation's Far East Basin, analysts of www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru) concluded after analyzing the current situation on the market.
In Kamchatka as per 7 July 2009 the fleets harvested 19,000 tonnes of salmons. The fishery was also unrolling in Sakhalin.
As of 1 July 2009, according to the order of the Russian Federal Tariff Service, the tariffs for railway cargo shipments have been increased. The indexation of tariffs has been carried out in accordance with the parameters approved in the end of December 2008, the parameters providing for a 5% increase starting from 1 January 2009 and a 5.7% increase starting from 1 July 2009.
In the first week of July 2009 the news has come that ROK-1 fish processing combine is going to diversify into wholesale and retail trade by means of building a large food market and a new production site in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg. The city's government has allotted the combine a site of 9.1 hectares in the town of Pushkin to unroll the new premises there. The investments into the project may amount to 30-35 million USD less equipment.
Meanwhile, as per early July 2009 the market has been showing a certain decrease of prices for cleaned squid tubes from China, tilapia fillets, small sizes of herring, and large mackerel. The prices for small sizes of Norwegian salmon and trout have been rising.
Average frozen fish prices in Moscow as per 6 July 2009Species | Size | Country of origin | Price in RUR per kilo | |
| from | to | |||
| Pink salmon head-on gutted | 1+ | Russia | ||
| Pink salmon w/r | 1+ | Russia | ||
| Chum salmon headed | Russia | |||
| Chum salmon head-on gutted | ||||
| Herring | 250+ | 27.50 | 31.00 | |
| 300+ | 37.50 | 46.50 | ||
| 350+ | Norway | 53.00 | 58.00 | |
| 400+ | 55.00 | 58.00 | ||
| Mackerel | 300-500 | 90.00 | 92.00 | |
| 400-600 | 95.00 | 106.00 | ||
| 600+ | 119.00 | 122.00 | ||
| Baltic sprat | 10-12 | 24.00 | 24.50 | |
| Baltic herring | 18+ | 31.00 | 34.00 | |
| Capelin | 30.00 | 36.00 | ||
| Tilapia/fillets | China | 123.00 | 145.00 | |
| Pangasius/fillets | Vietnam | 75.00 | 90.00 | |
| Blue whiting | 26.00 | 30.00 | ||
| Alaska pollock headed | 250+ | 55.00 | 58.00 | |
| 300+ | 56.00 | 61.50 | ||
| 350+ | 56.50 | 58.00 | ||
| Salmon roe salted | cubotainer | Russia | 1200.00 | 1350.00 |
| Hake HGT | USA | 90.00 | 94.00 | |
| Squid tubes | Russia | 70.00 | 76.00 | |
| Atlantic salmon 6-7 | Norway | 295.00 | 300.00 | |
| Atlantic salmon 7-8 | Norway | 297.00 | 315.00 | |
| Trout 1.8-2.7 | Chile | 245.00 | 295.00 | |
| Trout 2.7-4.0 | Chile | 260.00 | 305.00 | |
Ultrafish, OOO | Russian Fish Company, ZAO | Lobnensky Khladokombinat | Irna, OOO TPK | Fiord, OOO | Fishstyle OOO | Talex Group | Gulfstream, ZAO | ||
| Pink salmon head-on gutted | 1+ | ||||||||
| Pink salmon w/r | 1+ | ||||||||
| Chum salmon headed | |||||||||
| Chum salmon head-on gutted | |||||||||
| Herring | 200-300 | 28.00 | 27.50 | 31.50 | |||||
| 300+ | 38.00 | 37.50 | 46.50 | 42.50 | 41.50 | 44.00 | |||
| 350+ | 54.00 | 53.00 | 53.50 | 58.00 | |||||
| 400+ | 58.00 | 54.90 | |||||||
| Mackerel | 300-500 | 89.90 | 92.00 | ||||||
| 400-600 | 96.00 | 94.90 | 106.00 | 101.00 | 100.00 | ||||
| 600+ | 122.00 | 118.90 | |||||||
| Baltic sprat | 10-12 | 24.00 | 24.50 | ||||||
| Baltic herring | 18+ | ||||||||
| Capelin | 30-40 | 32.50 | 29.90 | 36.00 | 34.50 | 34.00 | 33.00 | ||
| 40-55 | 26.90 | ||||||||
| Pangasius/fillets | 200+ | 77.50 | 75.00 | 88.00 | 90.00 | ||||
| Tilapia/fillets | 5-7 | 125.00 | 121.90 | 128.00 | 145.00 | 144.00 | |||
| Blue whiting | 26.00 | 26.00 | 30.00 | ||||||
| Pollock headed | 250+ | 54.90 | 58.00 | 56.00 | 55.00 | 55.00 | |||
| 300+ | 55.90 | 61.50 | 57.00 | 56.00 | 56.00 | ||||
| 350+ | 56.90 | 58.00 | 58.00 | 56.50 | |||||
| Salmon roe salted | cubotainer | 1200.00 | |||||||
| Hake HGT | 300-500 | 90.00 | 90.00 | 92.00 | 94.00 | 92.00 | |||
| Squid tubes | Russia | 72.90 | 70.00 | 73.00 | 76.00 | ||||
| Atlantic salmon 6-7 | Norway | 300.00 | 295.00 | ||||||
| Atlantic salmon 7-8 | Norway | 305.00 | 315.00 | 300.00 | 297.00 | ||||
| Trout 0.9-1.8 | Chile | 240.00 | 285.00 | 272.00 | |||||
| Trout 1.8-2.7 | Chile | 245.00 | 295.00 | 290.00 | 272.00 | ||||
| Trout 2.7-4.0 | Chile | 260.00 | 305.00 |