March 25, 2009
 
China's fishmeal imports decrease in Jan; increase in Feb
 
 

China's fishmeal imports in January decreased 22.55 percent to 39,196.17 tonnes as compared to December 2008, but increased 138.4 percent on-month to 93,456.87 in February.

 

Chile (18,411.05 tonnes), Peru (10,813.57 tonnes) and Russia (3,961.05 tonnes) were the main exporters of fishmeal to China during January.

 

For February, Peru (52,668.92 tonnes), Chile (33,015.75 tonnes) and New Zealand (1,540.04 tonnes) were the main exporters of fishmeal to China.

 

China imported a total of 132,653 tonnes of fishmeal between January and February this year.
 
China fishmeal imports in January2009
Country / Region
Jan
Volume (Tonnes)
Value (US$)
420.00
179,970
Malaysia
62.00
52,200
Pakistan
826.00
512,445
Thailand
300.00
213,639
Vietnam
 0.00
0 .00
Norway
74.10
126,348
Russia
3,961.05
5,723,178
Argentina
 0.00
 0.00
Chile
18,411.05
17,286,168
Costa Rica
1,652.02
2,395,433
Peru
10,813.57
9,234,225
US
1,935.97
2,594,658
New Zealand
740.41
1,134,578
Total
39,196.17
39,452,842
Source: Customs General Administration of China
 

China fishmeal imports in February2009, and Jan-Feb

Country / Region

Feb

Jan-Feb

Volume (Tonnes)

Value (US$)

Volume (Tonnes)

Value (US$)

Myanmar

251.00

107,554

671.00

287,524

Malaysia

162.00

120,240

224.00

172,440

Pakistan

1,035

702,786

1,861

1,215,231

Thailand

700.00

498,491

1,000

712,130

Vietnam

160.00

113,279

160.00

113,279

Norway

182.03

310,379

256.13

436,727

Russia

1,461.76

1,984,689

5,422.81

7,707,867

Argentina

846.81

637,815

846.81

637,815

Chile

33,015.75

30,161,095

51,426.80

47,447,263

Costa Rica

0.00

0.00

1,652.02

2,395,433

Peru

52,668.92

44,618,275

63,482.49

53,852,500

US

1,433.55

1,728,036

3,369.52

4,322,694

New Zealand

1,540.04

2,094,781

2,280.45

3,229,359

Total

93,456.87

83,077,420

132,653

122,530,262

Source: Customs General Administration of China
US$1 = RMB 6.83207 (Mar 25)
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