Russia: Fishing industry experts have proposed zeroing out export exchange duties on pollock products

They called the situation on the pollock market dramatic Moscow. 5th of March. INTERFAX.RU - Russian fisheries producers propose zeroing out export exchange rates for certain types of fish and fish products. This issue was discussed at a meeting of the RUIE Commission on Fisheries and Aquaculture on March 5. We are talking, first of all, about pollock - the main fishing resource in Russia. As Alexey Buglak, president of the Association of Pollock Harvesters, said at the meeting, the situation on the pollock market is extremely difficult, “I even agree that it is dramatic.” And not only for pollock fillets, surimi, minced meat, but also for all major export types of pollock products. According to him, the price of Russian fillet has been declining throughout last year. At the end of the year, it fell by 36% compared to December 2022. “As far as I know, at the moment, not a single contract for the supply of Russian fillet this year to the European market has been concluded,” he ...