Agriculture & Food

According to Seafood News on March 20, despite increasing sanctions pressure, Russia was able to increase its seafood exports last year.

According to preliminary data from the General Administration of Customs of the Russian Federation, in 2022, the export volume of Russian seafood in international trade exceeded 2.15 million tons, an increase of 4.5% compared to 2021.

Ilya Shestakov, head of the Rosrybolovstvo organization in Russia, said that currently, most of the supplies are shipped to Asian markets, especially South Korea and China, and some are shipped to Europe, with the Netherlands and Germany being the largest export destinations for international trade.

In 2022, after the lifting of epidemic restriction measures, the supply of Russian seafood to China began to increase. Ilya Shestakov said that the operation mode of Chinese ports is the same as before the epidemic, and the reception capacity of these ports will once again return to the pre epidemic level.

The international trade export of Russian seafood to the Netherlands is ongoing, but the volume of international trade exports is decreasing. The biggest difficulty currently lies in payment. Previously, products from the northern basin of Russia were shipped in frozen form to the Netherlands and the United States, and are now actively being supplied to the Far East and Asian markets.

Ilya Shestakov said that we transported live crabs through the North Sea route, with almost no loss of product. Live crabs are very popular in the Chinese market, and now we will increase the supply of frozen crabs. In addition, we can also use air transportation for transportation.

Rosrybolovstvo is also working hard to open up new international trading markets: Russia has started supplying goods to regions such as Nigeria and expanding to other regions. In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Brazil all have great development prospects.