Russian squid imports displaying good dynamics in the first half of 2008

October 30, 2008 12:17

In the last few years the Russian Federation has been emerging as new important market for squid.

In particular, in the first six months of 2008 the import volume of squid onto the territory of Russia has considerably increased dramatically in volume and value, reports http://www.fishnet-russia.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/) with reference to provisional unofficial figures of the Russian customs.

The main suppliers of frozen squid on the Russian market were China with total volume of 1 464 153 kg (USD 3 035 569 in value) in the first six months of 2008 and Peru with the total amount of 1 097 165 kg in volume and USD1 296 898 in value.

Provisional unofficial figures of frozen squid import into Russia per country in January - June 2008

Country of Origin

Value, USD

Weight, KG

ARMENIA

378

53

BELGIUM

50 960

16 863

CHILE

38 340

54 000

CHINA

3 035 569

1 464 153

CYPRUS

18 696

2 734

DENMARK

33 217

12 370

GERMANY

447 466

145 670

INDIA

305 485

92 140

ITALY

28 194

9 317

JAPAN

634 084

355 474

KAZAKHSTAN

194 059

77 268

KIRGHIZIA

207

250

KYRGYZSTAN

528

500

LITHUANIA

83 070

27 236

NEW ZEALAND

720 989

474 572

NEW ZELAND

778 427

327 274

PERU

1 296 898

1 097 165

SPAIN

317 726

89 585

SPITSBERGEN AND JAN MAYEN

2 230

670

TAIWAN

125 472

41 410

THAILAND

257 415

141 025

TUNISIA

20 969

1 832

USA

48 047

7 189

UZBEKISTAN

1 235

504

VIETNAM

10 622

2 421

Total

8 450 283

4 441 675

Other squid import into Russia per country in January - June 2008

Other squids (salted, dried)

Country of Origin

Value, USD

Weight, KG

China

7 977 569

2 750 499

Georgia

3 512

401

Kazakhstan

304 749

22 410

Kirgizia

7 675

640

Moldova

44 721

7 240

UAE

104

4

Tadjikistan

68

294

Ukraine

144 036

36 481

Total

8 482 434

2 817 969

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