Ivory Coast importer looking to increase purchases of Chinese tilapia

Published 2021년 3월 9일

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Despite efforts to boost local production, African buyers, particularly in Ivory Coast, continue to prefer Chinese tilapia. Papa Tilapia Imports in Abidjan is looking for suppliers in China to satisfy rising demand, with plans to import 15 to 20 forty-foot containers of Chinese tilapia per month. The high cost of feed, as Ivory Coast's cooperative imports it from Ghana, hinders the growth of the domestic industry. Despite being located on the Atlantic Ocean, Ivory Coast imports 250,000 metric tons of seafood annually, with local tilapia production stagnant at 3,000 MT for several years.

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Chinese tilapia remains in favor with African buyers, despite efforts to increase local production.Papa Tilapia Imports in Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, is seeking suppliers in China to meet rising local demand, according to the company’s owner, Salumba Sheriff.Sheriff said he’s currently buying from a company in Vietnam, but is shopping around for better deals. He told SeafoodSource he wants to buy 15 to 20 forty-foot containers of Chinese tilapia per month.This shows the continuing demand for Chinese imports despite several government- and NGO-assisted efforts to build a domestic tilapia industry. For example, the Société d'élevage et de Distribution de Poisson (SEDP), which was set up in 2014 to produce tilapia in cages on two freshwater lakes, has struggled to increase volumes due to a lack of locally produced feed. The cooperative is forced to import feed from Ghana, adding to its costs.Federal import taxes on tilapia arriving in Ivory Coast is 10 percent on the cost ...

Source: Seafoodsource