China's seafood imports in 2021 increase 12% after hitting a 10-year bottom

China increases seafood imports in main markets, excluding Vietnam The Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) cited Chinese Customs data showing that in 2021, the country's seafood imports will increase by 12% to $14.2 billion. In which, China's largest seafood supplier is Ecuador with nearly $2.2 billion, up 27% compared to 2020. In which, shrimp imports from Ecuador into China increased 19% in volume to 379,000. tons, the highest level ever. Also in early 2021, Ecuador's fourth largest shrimp supplier was temporarily banned from exporting to China because of the detection of SAR-CoV-2 virus on product packaging. After Ecuador, China's second largest seafood supplier is Russia with an import turnover of $1.8 billion, stable over the past 20 years. China mainly imports from Russia items such as crab, pollock, wild salmon and other white fish. However, seafood imports from Russia slowed down after China banned Russian pollock ships from docking at Dalian and Qingdao ...