Russia almost stopped importing white fish

Published 2023년 5월 10일

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Import restrictions in Russia have led to a significant decrease in white fish fillet imports, especially tilapia and pangasius, in the first quarter of this year. The import of hake fillet and carcasses has also seen a decline, while Russia has successfully replaced imported pollock with its own. The country's fishermen are responsible for over half of the North Pacific pollock catch. The Federal Agency for Fishery has noted an increase in pollock supply to the domestic market and a shift towards deep processing. Despite this, German Zverev from VARPE suggests that the decrease in imports in the first quarter could be due to built-up wholesale stocks and a slight drop in demand. Russia achieved a self-sufficiency rate of 153% in fish products last year.

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For three months of this year, no more than 3 thousand tons of white fish fillets (tilapia, pollock, hake, pangasius and halibut) were imported to Russia, DefaGroup calculated. In particular, imports of tilapia decreased by 41%, pangasius - by 50%, while in the same period last year, there was an increase in supplies. Imports of hake fillet continue to decline, it has halved compared to last year and amounted to only 300 tons. Hake carcasses also show negative dynamics - imports decreased by almost a third and amounted to 4 thousand tons. Even last year, Russia almost completely replaced the import of pollock products - only 158 tons of it were imported into Russia against 183 thousand tons of its own pollock. Since 2014, the import of pollock products has decreased by almost 130 times, says Alexei Buglak, president of the Association of pollock miners. In addition to the fish itself, import substitution also took place in surimi (minced meat) - last year more than 8,000 tons of ...

Source: RG