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.
Seafood Expo Global (SEG) is the largest seafood trade event in the world.
Government Commission Discusses Current Situation in Consumer Food Markets… Report of the Implementation of the Federal Program on the Development of Agriculture…
Israel implements new fishing regulations aimed at protecting and increasing its fish stock, while the Ministry of Health plans a nationwide campaign against "junk food".
Russian and Irish Officials Discuss Cooperation . . . GOR Order on Distribution of Subsidies Among Provinces . . . Russian Officials Meet to Improve Legal Framework for Aquaculture