Russian Fish e-Monthly
22 June 2009
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RUSSIAN SEAFOOD IMPORT STATISTICS 2004-2008
Russian Seafood Import Statistics 2004-2008 for selected HSCs published in sortable xls format

INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS
Russian government drafting important measures to beef up seafood industry
Russia signing important agreements at European Seafood Exposition
Kamchatka tax officials looking into repercussions of softer tax regime for fishery industry
Russia’s Federal Fisheries Agency issuing permits for fish resource surveys in nation’s EEZ
Indonesia and Russia signing fisheries agreement

RUSSIAN VET CONTROL UPDATE
Russian vets calmed down importers’ concerns over introduction of seafood import restrictions from Chinese plants
Russian vets extended permits for seafood importation from Kazakhstan, China and USA
Russian vets releasing list of approved Spanish seafood processors and coldstores
Russian vets released list of approved Falkland exporters
Veterinary certificates for seafood imported to Russia from Vietnam got updated
Russian vets cancelled temporary restrictions for seafood shipments from Faroese
More seafood processors of Denmark, Norway and Thailand approved for export to Russia
Russian vets released list of approved Thai exporters
Russian vets released list of approved Australian exporters
Russian vets released list of approved Peruvian exporters
Russian vets extended lists of approved Canadian, Japanese and Thai fish processors
Russian vets released list of approved Vietnamese exporters
Russian vets released lists of approved Argentinean, Turkish and Uruguayan fish processors
Russian vets released lists of approved Chilean fish processors

MARKET MONITOR
Overview of Moscow's freshfrozen fish market as per third week of June 2009
Mid-June 2009 highlights first salmon catch and switch in export and domestic market ratio
Early June marked by uncertainty for salmon on Moscow's freshfrozen fish market
Moscow's freshfrozen fish market swinging between gluts and shortages
Russia’s seafood import from Norway keeps growing

SUPPLY FROM RUSSIAN FAR EAST
Overview of seafood exports from the Russian Far East to April 2009
Positive outlook for Russia’s unrolling salmon season
Outlook for fisheries in the Russian Far East in June 2009
Overview of fisheries in the Russian Far East in May 2009
Pink salmon fishery unrolling in southwest Sakhalin
Kamchatka season to take off under 20-year concessions
Sakhalin defines rules for salmon operations in 2009

SUPPLY FROM NORTH AND WEST FISHERY BASINS
Outlook for Russian fisheries in Murmansk-led North Basin in June 2009
Russian fisheries in North Atlantic and Central Eastern Atlantic in May 2009
Fishing sites in Arkhangelsk to be distributed via tender in late May

COMPANY NEWS
Russian fishing companies placing newbuilding orders at foreign yards
Russia’s Federal Fisheries Agency making steps to launch giant Rosrybflot plc
Murmansk fish combine commissioning clipfisk production unit
Ecologically safe seafood smoking line commissioned in Russia

FISH FARMING
Construction of trepang plant in Vladivostok delayed

APPENDIX 1: Onboard production of seafood by Russian fishing companies in January-May 2009 as compared to October-December 2008

APPENDIX 2: Catches of Russian fishing companies in January-May 2009 as compared to October-December 2008

APPENDIX 3: Catches of Russian fishing companies in nation’s EEZ in January-May 2009

APPENDIX 4: Weekly seafood prices in Moscow's big multiples in mid May-June 2009

APPENDIX 5: Russia’s official seafood import statistics for selected HSCs in 2004-2007
0302112000, 0302118000 - 2007-2008, 0302119000 - 2004, 2005, 2006 - Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus aрache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster), fresh or chilled, except for liver, roe and milt
0302120000 - Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Нucho hucho), fresh or chilled, except for liver, roe and milt
0303211000 - 2004-2008, 0303212000, 0303218000 - 2007-2008, 0303219000 - 2004-2008 - Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus aрache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster), frozen, except for liver, roe and milt
0303220000 - Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Нucho hucho), frozen, except for liver, roe and milt
0303781100, 0303781200, 0303781300, 0303781900 - Hake (Merluccius capensis, Merluccius hubbsi, Merluccius australis and other Merluccius spp.); 0303789000 - Hake (Uroрhycis sрр.)
0307291000, 0307299000 - Frozen scallops of Рecten and Chlamys genus
0307991100 - Frozen squid Illex sрр.
0307493100, 0307493300, 0307493500, 0307493800, 0307495100 и 0307495900 - Frozen squid (Ommastreрhes sрр., Loligo sрр., Nototodarus sрр., Seрioteuthis sрр.)
0304191300 - 2007-2008, 0304101300 - 2004-2006 - Fresh or chilled fillets of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Нucho hucho)
0304291500 - 2007-2008, 0304201100 - 2004-2006 - Frozen fillets of trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, more than 400 grams each
0304291300 - 2007-2008, 0304201300 - 2004-2006 - Frozen fillets of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Нucho hucho)
0304295600 - 2007-2008, 0304205600 - 2004-2006 - Frozen fillets of hake Merluccius hubbsi
0304205600, 0304205500 - Total: frozen fillets of hake
0304298500 - 2007-2008, 0304208500 - 2004-2006 - Frozen fillets of Alaska pollock Theragra chalcogramma
0304990500 - 2007-2008, 0304900500 - 2004-2006 - Surimi
0303510000 - 2007-2008, 0303500000 - 2004-2006 - Herring (Cluрea harengus, Cluрea рallasii), frozen except for liver, roe and milt
0303743000, 0303749000 - Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber jaрonicus), frozen except for liver, roe and milt
0306131000 - Shrimp of Рandalidae family, frozen
0306133000 - Shrimps of Crangon genus, frozen
0306134000 - Deepwater pink shrimp Parapenaeus longirostris, frozen
0306135000 - Shrimps of Penaeus genus, frozen
0306138000 - Other shrimps, frozen
0306131000, 0306133000, 0306134000, 0306135000, 0306138000 - Total: frozen shrimps
0303809000 - Raw fish liver, roe, milt, (not canned)
Russia's total import of finfish and other aquatic species of HSC Group 03
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