April 4, 2018
By Louis Harkell www.undercurrentnews.com BOSTON, Massachusetts, US — At the Seafood Expo North America, where buying and selling of seafood takes place on a massive scale, Vicky Ma casts an envious glance at companies from North America and Europe, whose exhibitor stands tower over those from Latin America and Asia. It is not their size […]
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April 3, 2018
http://www.undercureentnews.com Walmart is set to sell groceries including seafood online in China through its partnership with e-commerce giant JD.com, reports Techcrunch. The service will first be rolled out at a store near China’s southern megacity, Shenzhen. Customers will be able to order online or pay for groceries in-store with their smartphones, with deliveries within a […]
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March 21, 2018
By Tom Seaman March 21, 2018 09:41 GMT Undercurrent News BERGEN, Norway — Marine Harvest, the world’s largest salmon farmer, will open a processing plant in China later this year. Alf-Helge Aarskog, the Bergen, Norway-based company’s CEO, told Undercurrent News the plant will be in Shanghai, but declined to give more details. He also declined […]
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March 21, 2018
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Herald Express] – March 21, 2018 TORBAY-based The Blue Sea Food Company has increased its international sales of live Devon crab to China by 150% in the last six months as the demand for British seafood in Asia continues to rise. The Blue Sea Food Company processes 2,000 tonnes of crab a year and […]
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March 12, 2018
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [FishFirst] translated by Amy Zhong – March 12, 2018 Recent statistics show China has imported 350,500 tons of seafood products in January, which rose 42.58 percent from the same period last year. Meanwhile, it exported 436,300 tons, which contracted by 0.34 percent. The aquatic import value reached $1.045 billion USD, which increased 48.71 percent, […]
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March 12, 2018
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] – March 12, 2018 OTTAWA – The latest year-on-year seafood exports statistics were released by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) late last week. The value of Canada’s seafood exports continued trending upward in 2017; surpassing 2016’s record by $312 million (5 percent) to $6.9 billion. Canada exported fish and seafood products to 137 countries […]
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March 9, 2018
By Matilde Mereghetti March 9, 2018 16:33 GMT Undercurrent News BERGEN, Norway — Salmon farmer Marine Harvest is currently developing its brand Supreme Salmon in Taiwan, working with local top chefs and promoting on social media, the firm’s CEO, Alf-Helge Aarskog, said at the North Atlantic Seafood forum last week. At present, yearly salmon consumption per […]
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March 7, 2018
By Tom Seaman Undercurrent News, March 7, 2018 11:15 GMT BERGEN, Norway — Alibaba Group is looking to build relationships with more seafood suppliers globally, in order to bring more live, fresh and frozen seafood to the giant and growing Chinese market, said a senior executive of the company at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum […]
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March 5, 2018
By Louis Harkell March 5, 2018 09:36 GMT Undercurrent News Norway has returned to the top of whole, fresh Atlantic salmon exporting countries to China, after a significant improvement in market access over the past few months. And with free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations continuing apace, zero tariffs would see the country gain even greater […]
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