Russia increased octopus imports from China by 1.4 times in January-July

Moscow. October 29. INTERFAX.RU - Russia imported 245 tons of octopuses from China in January-July of this year, which is 1.4 times more than in the same period last year, the analytical center of the Fish Union reports. The price of imported octopuses by the end of summer fell by 29% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 690 rubles per kg. However, the total import of this seafood product to Russia in January-July fell by 3% to 674 tons. "Although the global demand for cephalopods is high, the market is cooled by good catches, for example, in Latin America. World prices for octopuses are also falling due to growing receipts from Morocco, where the quota for their catch was recently increased by 19%, to 17.2 thousand ...