By: Shoko Oda, Hallie Gu and Heesu Lee | Jul 05 2023 at 02:03 PM | International Trade Opposition to Japan’s plan to discharge treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear site into the Pacific Ocean is posing risks to key exports, including seafood to cosmetics.Officials in mainland China and Hong Kong, both major importers of […]
Subscribe to SeafoodSource NewsShare Norway’s continued increase in export value being almost entirely attributable to a weak krone is causing concern in the seafood industry, according to the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC).The Scandinavian country exported NOK 13.1 billion (USD 1.2 billion, EUR 1.1 billion) worth of seafood in May 2023, an increase of NOK 816 […]
Officials expect “significant” economic impact after Hong Kong said it would join mainland China in banning most Japanese seafood from Thursday, when treated water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant will be released into the sea Japanese officials foresee a “significant” impact from the seafood import ban imposed by Hong Kong and Macau due to the […]
Subscribe to SeafoodSource NewsShare A trial health certificate system used by the United Kingdom in the wake of Brexit has come to an end, and seafood exporters worry the lack of a replacement will cost the seafood industry significant amounts of time and money. The trial system digitized all of the health certificates needed to […]
Global markets for Russian-caught seafood are shrinking. Russia continues to increase its seafood exports to China as it seeks to build new markets for its fish and shellfish after these products were banned from many major Western markets following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.According to the Russian Fishing Union, the country’s seafood exports to […]
Peru exported some 83,700t of fishery products worth $217.1m in May, up by 16.8% in volume and 14% in value compared to May 2022Peru exported some 83,700 metric tons of fishery products worth $217.1 million in May, up by 16.8% in volume and 14% in value compared to the same month of 2022, according to […]
KYODO NEWS – Jul 20, 2023 – 18:44 | World, All China’s blanket radiation testing on seafood imports from Japan introduced earlier this month is estimated to cause some 100 million yen ($720,000) in damage to five Japanese companies, with the losses expected to widen, sources familiar with the bilateral relationship said Thursday.The five firms […]
Subscribe to SeafoodSource NewsShare International trade imbalances are hampering America’s seafood industry, but the U.S. government is working to address those issues and promote exports, according to a new export strategy from the U.S. Department of Commerce.Released in late June, the strategy calls for increased coordination across government agencies, using artificial intelligence to process export […]
Herring, cod, and salmon all suffered drops in export volumes in the first six months of the year.The volume of Norwegian seafood exports fell in the first half of the year as challenging fishing conditions, reduced quotas and lower salmon production all had an impact on trade, according to the latest figures from the Norwegian […]
“I believe that it is our damned duty to contribute to a more sustainable development of the seafood transport chain,” a Coast Seafood executive said. Norway-based seafood exporter Coast Seafood opened a cooling terminal inside the Oslo airport area last month. The facility is being used to repackage salmon and other refrigerated goods before they […]
