Leaders in sale of canned and marinated preserves taking shape on Russian market

Sales of canned fish and marinated preserves in retail shops of Moscow and Saint Petersburg have the following structure: 20% of canned sprats, 13% of herring, 10% of pink salmon and saury each, 13% of mussels, crabs and squid and 8% of cod liver, according to Investment-Analytical Group of OOO Norge-Fish (ltd).

Pischevik, ROK-1 and JSC ZAO PKP Rus are some of Russia's leading suppliers of canned and marinated fish, while Gamma, Nakhodka, Santa-Bremor, San Jose and Alax are in the vanguard of foreign producers.

Salmon caviar accounts for 75% of the total sales of caviar products, while sturgeon and sevruga caviar account for 8% and 4% correspondingly.

The structure of marinated fish sales consists of 60% of herring, 20% of salmon and trout, 8% of sturgeon and 3% of crab and pink salmon products. Such companies as Dary Morya, Irma, Meridian, Nepto, Raptika, ROK-1, Russian Sea, Santa Bremor and Severnyi Mir supply the bulk of marinated fish to the Russian market.