Volume of Russia's herring imports falling against rising value
More specifically, Russia's total imports of frozen herring Cluрea harengus, Cluрea рallasii except for liver and milt (HSC 030350) and frozen herring fillets (HSC 0304 20 750) decreased by 15209.71 metric tons from 126176.586 tonnes in January-September 2005 to 110966.878 tonnes in the same period this year.
The largest supplier both in volume and value was Norway which exported to Russia 91,997.418 tonnes of frozen herring products worth 90,871,236 USD in January-September 2006, down in volume and up in value from 101,853.966 tonnes and 73,634,778 USD correspondingly. The gap between Russia's herring purchases from Norway and the following leading exporters such as Iceland, UK, etc. was impressive - Norwegian 91997.418 tonnes worth 90,871,236 USD versus Icelandic 5700.053 tonnes worth 6,669,364 USD as can be viewed from the below graphs.
Total - 030350 - herrring (Cluрea harengus, Cluрea рallasii) frozen except for liver and milt + 0304 20 750 fillets of herring (Cluрea harengus, Cluрea рallasii) frozen
Country of origin | 1-3 quarters 2006 | 1-3 quarters 2005 | 1-3 qr. 2006 versus 1-3 qr. 2005 | |||
Value, '000 USD | Volume, metric tons | Value, '000 USD | Volume, metric tons | Value, +/- '000 USD | Volume, +/- metric tons | |
Norway | 90871.236 | 91997.418 | 73634.778 | 101853.966 | 17236.46 | -9856.55 |
Iсeland | 6669.364 | 5700.053 | 4108.863 | 4111.034 | 2560.50 | 1589.02 |
UK | 4975.916 | 5374.048 | 4328.415 | 5511.227 | 647.50 | -137.18 |
Faroese Islands | 2253.242 | 2316.780 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2253.24 | 2316.78 |
Finland | 1301.680 | 2571.711 | 1389.490 | 3739.798 | -87.81 | -1168.09 |
Canada | 716.065 | 628.020 | 2424.848 | 2981.651 | -1708.78 | -2353.63 |
Russia | 557.796 | 1383.490 | 78.533 | 151.176 | 479.26 | 1232.31 |
Sweden | 474.285 | 948.160 | 897.923 | 2553.344 | -423.64 | -1605.18 |
Netherlands | 28.330 | 24.150 | 774.078 | 779.907 | -745.75 | -755.76 |
Estonia | 11.548 | 22.643 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 11.55 | 22.64 |
Germany | 0.000 | 0.000 | 906.446 | 1648.751 | -906.45 | -1648.75 |
Ireland | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1611.126 | 2659.480 | -1611.13 | -2659.48 |
Other | 0.931 | 0.405 | 76.335 | 186.252 | -75.40 | -185.85 |
TOTAL | 107860.393 | 110966.878 | 90230.835 | 126176.586 | 17629.56 | -15209.71 |
Note: Provisional figures of Russia's Federal Customs Service. Final figures will differ 1%-3% upwards.
Frozen herring w/r
Just like Russia's total imports of frozen herring products, Norway has been the leading supplier of w/r frozen herring, except for liver and milt (HSC 0303 50), exporting 90,159.318 metric tons of the product worth nearly 88 million USD in the first three quarters of 2006 down from 100,247.392 tonnes worth nearly 71 million USD in the same period 2005. Thus, earnings of Norwegian exporters of w/r frozen herring have been growing against the background of falling volumes of their supplies as can be viewed in the graphs as below.
Frozen herring fillets
Norway has also been Russia's leading supplier of frozen herring fillets (HSC 0304 20 750) exporting 1838.1 metric tons worth nearly 2.9 million USD in January-September 2006 up from 1606.6 metric tons worth 2.5 million USD in the same months last year. Thus, both value and volumes of Norwegian exports of frozen herring fillets have been growing as compared to last year as can be viewed in the below graphs.
