US to give up fish import leadership to China in coming years – UN FAO

In the next few years of this decade, China will overtake the United States in terms of fish and seafood imports and become a world leader, whose market will have a decisive influence on global trade chains in the industry and pricing processes. At the same time, China already occupies the position of the main exporter of fish products in the world, which, among other things, processes imported raw materials, Oleg Kobyakov, Director of the UN FAO Liaison Office with Russia, told TASS at the VII International Fishery Forum. "So far, the leader in fish product consumption is the United States. In 2022, the United States accounted for about 17%, while China accounted for about 14%. Now the difference is leveling out, we expect that in the next couple of years, China will take first place as a world importer. At the same time, China already occupies a leading position in terms of fish product exports," Oleg Kobyakov said. He noted that several programs aimed at popularizing the active ...