Russian pollock displaced Chinese in the domestic market

Russian pollock fillets have pushed aside Chinese products on the Russian market: in recent years, fillet imports from China have fallen almost threefold, and this year the same dynamics continues, the Association of Alaska Pollock Catchers (ADM) told RIA Novosti. "At the end of 2019, the volume of Russian imports of pollock fillets from China amounted to 5 thousand tons, which is 2.5 times less than in 2013. The dynamics persist this year - in the first half of 2020, the volume of imports of Chinese pollock fillets remained at the level 2 thousand tons, "the organization said. ADM President Alexei Buglak pointed out that Russian sea-frozen products compete successfully with imports. "Although it is not easy, given that a Chinese fillet pumped with water costs about 130-140 rubles, and a high-quality Russian product costs about 205 rubles," he said. According to him, in the first half of 2020, supplies of Russian fillets to the domestic market increased 1.7 times - up to 17 ...