Russia may replace imports of surimi for crab sticks with pollock
Frozen Whole Alaska Pollock
Russia
Published Jun 9, 2022
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Minced pollock has great potential in the domestic market. Russia can replace the import of surimi for crab sticks with its own products - minced pollock. This assessment was made during the Russian Retail Week forum by Alexei Buglak, head of the Association of Pollock Producers. “Now enterprises in the Far East are actively developing the production of a new type of product - pollock surimi.
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Minced pollock has great potential in the domestic market Russia can replace the import of surimi for crab sticks with its own products - minced pollock. This assessment was made by Alexei Buglak, head of the Pollack Association, during the Russian Retail Week forum. “Now enterprises in the Far East are actively developing the production of a new type of product - pollock surimi. In my opinion, this product has a huge potential in the domestic market. Every year, Russian enterprises import about 20,000 tons of various types of surimi for processing. We think that Russian enterprises will be able to replace this volume in the coming years,” he said. Buglak noted that in 2021, Russian pollock producers supplied 250,000 tons of various pollock products. This year, the growth in deliveries for four months amounted to 34% compared to the same period last year, he added. “In this volume, supplies of pollock fillets are growing at a faster pace. For several years, this Russian product ...
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