November 13, 2007

China sees rise in both shrimp and eel exports

China's processed and preserved shrimp and prawn export rose 3.4 percent to US$681 million in the first nine months of 2007.

Processed and preserved shrimp and prawn accounted for nearly 10 percent of the total aquatic product exports, ranking first among China's aquatic products.

China's eel products, ranked second during the period, with exports rising 9.62 percent to US$485 million.

China's eel products accounted for nearly 7 percent of the export total.

Frozen shrimp meat exports rose 51.4 percent on-yea while exports of squid and cuttlefish was down nearly 13 percent.

Japan, the EU, the US and South Korea accounts for three-quarters of China's seafood exports.