Attaché Report (GAIN)

South Korea: Korea Seafood Market Brief Update 2019

Korean imports of seafood in 2018 totaled $5.79 billion, up 16.2 percent from 2017 due to rising prices and increased imports of shrimp and squid.
Poland is an increasingly important market for U.S. food and agriculture.
ATO Hong Kong supported students at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management to organize USA-themed dinners incorporating a range of U.S. ingredients....
China’s retail sector recorded $5.4 trillion in sales revenue in 2017, a 10 percent increase from 2016, with similar strong growth expected to have happened in 2018.
ATO Shenyang attended the SIAL trade show, Asia’s largest food show, in Shanghai from May 14 – 16, 2019.
On June 24, 2019, President Putin signed decree No. 293 extending Russia’s ban on the import of agricultural products from the countries that applied economic sanctions against Russia....
This report aims to identify U.S. agricultural/food products with the best prospects for export based on an analysis of Hong Kong’s agricultural imports from 2014 to 2018.
Russia’s Grain Stocks Reach 31 Million Metric Tons . . . New Federal Agricultural Subsidy Distribution Orders . . . EAEU Members Forecast Development of Russia’s Agricultural Sector for 2016-2017 . .
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Russia: Development of Aquaculture Sector in Russia

Current annual production is estimated at 160,000 MT, or three to four percent of total fish and seafood production in Russia.