March 1, 2007
China's aquatic-product exports grew 19 percent for 2006
China's aquatic-product exports grew 19 percent last year, reaching US$8.97 billion.
The increase was higher than that for growth in export of general agric-products, which grew 14.1 percent.
Aquaproducts accounted for almost 30 percent of China's exported agricultural exports, remaining as the top exported agric-product.
Export of shellfish, shrimps and tilapia products in particular, grew fastest.
Prawn export volume for the year reached 270,000 tonnes, growing 21 percent on-year while export value reached US$1.34 billion, up 23 percent. Shrimps accounted for nearly 15 percent of China's total aquatic-products export.
Shellfish export was at 343,000 tonnes, up 12.5 percent while export value reached US$1.08 billion, an 11-percent increase on-year.
Tonnage of baked eels exported grew about 10 percent, reaching about 46,000 tonnes while export value grew 1.9 percent to reach US$590 million. Almost 85 percent of baked eels in China was shipped to Japan. However, shipments are expected to be reduced as stricter requirements are imposed.
Growth of tilapia export has been swift, with tonnage growing 53 percent to 164,000 tonnes and value growing 59 percent to US$370 million.
Cuttlefish and squid export volume were up 12.3 percent to 104,000 tonnes, export value rose by 4.3 percent to reach US$230 million.
Shangdong, Guangdong, Liaoning, Zhejiang and Fujian are the top five leading aqua-product export provinces. Each province has exported more than US$1 billion worth of seafood last year. Combined exports from the province reached US$8.02 billion and accounted for 90 percent of aqua-products export from China.
China's seafood exports for 2006
|
Value (US$ '000,000) |
Growth in value (percent) |
Tonnage ('000) | |
|
Overall |
8,970 |
19 |
- |
|
Shrimp |
1,340 |
23 |
270 |
|
Shellfish |
1,080 |
11 |
343 |
|
Baked eels |
590 |
1.9 |
46 |
|
Tilapia |
370 |
59 |
164 |
|
Cuttlefish and squid |
230 |
4.3 |
104 |
