Overview of seafood exports from Russia's Far East in October 2010
Official import reports for key seafood articles from the Russian Far East grounds to main directions, except for European, have highlighted comparably high activity of shipments of frozen salmon to Japan versus low activity of its shipments to China. Shipments of frozen snow crab to the USA and frozen king crab to Japan have been developing fairly quickly, however while in case with the USA it has been in keeping with the general year trend, in case with Japan it has happened against the background of a strong decrease of annual shipments, according to the overview prepared by analysts of http://www.megafishnet.com/ based on Japanese, Russian and American sources.
Along with the above developments, a strong level of frozen pollock roe shipments, especially directly to the Japanese market has been seen on the background of approximate stabilization of prices at the last year level (in USD). There has also been a dramatic slowdown of Russian ocean perch and Atka mackerel shipments to Japan, but probably it has been due to larger activity of shipments in the previous months. Serious interest has also been attracted to active shipments of frozen halibut both to Japan and China against the background of high prices.
Russian Far East seafood exports in January-October 2009-2010Product | Destination country | Note | Shipments volume, metric tons / Average price, Yen or USD per kilo | ||||||
| September 2010 | +/- %% versus Sept ‘10 | October 2010 | +/- %% versus Oct ‘09 | October 2009 | +/- %% versus Sept ‘10 | January-October 2010 | |||
| Frozen salmon | China | -15% | 10,000 tonnes | -45% | -63% | 23,400 tonnes | |||
| 2.75 USD | +70% | +57% | 2.70 USD | ||||||
| Frozen salmon, total of which: | Japan | -45% | 3,200 tonnes | -9% | +12% | 22,200 tonnes | |||
| Frozen sockeye | Japan | -40% | 2,900 tonnes | +11% | 18,550 tonnes | ||||
| 535 Yen (6.40 USD) | +4% | +11.5% | 580 Yen | ||||||
| Frozen coho salmon | Japan | -38% | 200 tonnes | 14-fold up | 600 tonnes | ||||
| 385 Yen (4.60 USD) | +16% | +8% | 350 Yen | ||||||
| Frozen chum salmon and other salmon species | Japan | 11-fold down | 60 tonnes | -85% | 2-fold up | 3000 tonnes | |||
| 490 Yen (ca.5.80 USD) | +105% | +39% | 355 Yen | ||||||
| Frozen herring | Japan | - | +12% | 5,000 tonnes | |||||
| -12% | 90 Yen | ||||||||
| Frozen herring fillets | Japan | -11% | 430 tonnes | -5% | -20% | 3,750 tonnes | |||
| -6% | 320 Yen (3.85 USD) | -1.5% | -10% | 350 Yen | |||||
| Frozen pollock | Japan | 15 tonnes | 0% | +56% | 750 tonnes | ||||
| -14% | 145 Yen | ||||||||
| Frozen cod | Japan | 3-fold up | 120 tonnes | -84% | -8% | 1,350 tonnes | |||
| 280 Yen (3.35 USD) | +6% (+15% in USD) | (2.90 USD) | -6% | 245 Yen | |||||
| Frozen cod family species (less pollock) | China | -14% | 6,450 tonnes | +1% | -23% | 48,850 tonnes | |||
| +10% | 2.65 USD | +21% | +18% | 2.55 USD | |||||
| Frozen Atka mackerel | Japan | -81% | 250 tonnes | -93% | +6% | 18,650 tonnes | |||
| 230 Yen (2.80 USD) | +7% (+17% in USD) | +5% | 230 Yen | ||||||
| Frozen ocean perch (mostly from North Atlantic) | Japan | -80% | 250 tonnes | -83% | +28% | 4,800 tonnes | |||
| 350 Yen (4.20 USD) | +7% (+15% in USD) | -4% | 330 Yen | ||||||
| Frozen halibut | Japan | -4% | 680 tonnes | +14% | +66% | 4,820 tonnes | |||
| 520 Yen (6.25 USD) | +4% | -4% | 540 Yen | ||||||
| Frozen bottomfish | China | -6% | 210 tonnes | +12% | +13% | 2,280 tonnes | |||
| 2.55 USD | + | 0.85 USD | +62% | 2.75 USD | |||||
| Frozen flounder | China | +63% | 1,810 tonnes | -34% | +33% | 13,150 tonnes | |||
| 1.60 USD | +32% | +18% | 1.32 USD | ||||||
| Frozen flounder | Japan | 40 tonnes | + | + | 1,000 tonnes | ||||
| 195 Yen (2.30 USD) | -10% | 205 Yen | |||||||
| Frozen pollock roe | Japan | +23% | 190 tonnes | = | +58% | 24,650 tonnes | |||
| +5% | 640 Yen (7.65 USD) | -15% | -8% | 790 Yen (8.80 Yen) | |||||
| Frozen pollock roe | South Korea | -46% | 220 tonnes | -22% | -17% | 4,450 tonnes | |||
| 8.30 USD | +23% | +10% | 7.70 USD | ||||||
| Frozen pollock roe | China | 190 tonnes | 9-fold up | -16% | 2700 tonnes | ||||
| 12.20 USD | - | 5.80 USD | +35% | -7% | 7.40 USD | ||||
| Sieved salmon roe | Japan | 0 | 20 tonnes | ||||||
| 2035 Yen (24.20 USD) | |||||||||
| Frozen salmon roe | Japan | Due to low prices insiders doubted that shipments contained frozen SALMON roe which is normally auctioned at least at 20.00 USD per kilo | 20 tonnes | 70-fold down | -75% | 600 tonnes | |||
| = | 400-500 Yen (5.00-6.00 USD) | -20% | 975 Yen | ||||||
| Salted herring roe | Japan | Less than 100 tonnes | -40% | -2% | 410 tonnes | ||||
| +11% | 705 Yen (8.45 USD) | -36% | -26% | 800 Yen | |||||
| Frozen king crab | USA | +91% | 230 tonnes | -62% | -41% | 7,050 tonnes | |||
| 19.00 USD | + | 19.35 USD | +52% | +10% | 17.05 USD (FAS or ex-transport) | ||||
| Frozen snow crab | USA | -11% | 750 tonnes | +115% | +39% | 5,250 tonnes | |||
| 7.40 USD | +9% | 8.10 USD | +45% | +13% | 6.75 USD | ||||
| Frozen snow crab | China | 300 tonnes | -20% | -51% | 2,350 tonnes | ||||
| 2.25 USD | -19% | -26% | 2.30 USD | ||||||
| Frozen snow crab | Japan | -40% | 600 tonnes | -15% | -1% | 10,100 tonnes | |||
| +23% | 1180 Yen (14.15 USD) | +40% | +6% | 925 Yen | |||||
| Frozen king crab | Japan | 22-fold up | 900 tonnes | +29% (200 tonnes) | -29% | 3,100 tonnes | |||
| 1770 Yen (21.20 USD) | +26% | +12% | 1565 Yen | ||||||
| Live, fresh or chilled king crab | Japan | +35% | 500 tonnes | = | -52% | 2,400 tonnes | |||
| 1120 Yen (13.45 USD) | +60% | 900 Yen | |||||||
| Live snow crab | Japan | -62% | 360 tonnes | -82% | -48% | 10,400 tonnes | |||
| 430 Yen (5.15 USD) | +74% | +39% | 420 Yen | ||||||
| Live hairy crab | Japan | -22% | 200 tonnes | -13% | +30% | 1,820 tonnes | |||
| +11% | 1015 Yen (12.15 USD) | +14% | 755 Yen | ||||||
| Frozen shrimp (mostly Pandalus borealis) | Japan | +160% | 850 tommes | +80% | +11% | 6,320 tonnes | |||
| -20% | 1000 Yen (CIF) (12.00 USD) | -13% | -16% | 1000 Yen | |||||
| Frozen squid | China | +150% | 700 tonnes | + | ca.10 tonnes | +38% | 1,350 tonnes | ||
| +37% | 0.65 USD (CIF) | -25% | 0.55 USD | ||||||
| Live sea urchins | Japan | +230% | 900 tonnes | +5% | -4% | 7,550 tonnes | |||
| -4.5% | 565 Yen (6.80 USD) | +6% | +5% | 575 Yen | |||||
| Frozen pollock surimi | Japan | -27% | 50 tonnes | 6-fold up | 750 tonnes | ||||
| 240 Yen (2.90 USD) | -47% | 240 Yen (2.90 USD) | |||||||
| Frozen pollock surimi | South Korea | 10 tonnes | |||||||
| 1.15 USD | |||||||||