Russia Enters Top 5 Global Producers of Raw Materials for Crab Sticks

The country's output of this product increased by 47% in 2024 Russian fishermen increased the production of pollock surimi by 47% — the raw material for the production of crab sticks and other semi-finished fish products popular all over the world. According to the results of 2024, its production in the country reached 70.8 thousand tons against 47.5 thousand tons a year earlier. Thus, Russia entered the top 5 world leaders in the production of this product, the Pollock Fishermen's Association (PFA) told Izvestia. “Over six years, Russian fishermen have increased their share of the global surimi market from 0 to 7%, while in the wild fish segment this figure is significantly higher — 25%,” noted the association's president, Alexey Buglak. According to him, while all countries were reducing the volume of surimi production, Russian fishermen, on the contrary, were increasing it. The United States reduced the production of pollock surimi by 13%, to 170.5 thousand tons. Large players ...