Russians buy twice as much domestic fish and seafood

Seafood

Russia

Published Aug 3, 2023

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Russian consumers have significantly increased their purchases of domestic fish and seafood in 2023, with lightly salted trout, frozen pollock, and boiled-frozen shrimps being the most popular products. A ban on imported fish and seafood products from unfriendly countries, such as the European Union, the United States, and Norway, has had little effect on Russian preferences as they still prefer domestic options. The popularity of frozen fish and seafood is attributed to their direct delivery after being caught, without any changes to the temperature regime.

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Russians almost doubled their purchases of domestic fish and seafood in 2023, according to Ozon fresh data. Lightly salted trout, frozen pollock and boiled-frozen shrimps are in the greatest demand. In July 2023, Russia introduced a ban on the import of finished fish and seafood products from unfriendly countries: the European Union, the United States and Norway. However, according to Ozon fresh, this will have little effect on Russians: they prefer domestic fish and seafood. Since the beginning of 2023, the demand for domestic fish and seafood on the service has grown 1.9 times in annual terms. Most often, Russians choose frozen fish and seafood - the demand for these products increased by 2.3 times compared to the same period in 2022, and their share increased to 28% from 23% among all products in this category. Such popularity of these products is also associated with direct delivery - they are delivered immediately after being caught without changing the temperature regime. ...

Source: Fishretail