Fish and Seafood exports
Fish & seafood exports grew 15.0% to £1,160.4m, including:
- Fresh fish +28.2% to £309.0m including a 42.3% rise in the key fresh salmon sector which
is now 63% of fresh fish exports (no.1 fresh salmon market USA +75.1%, no.2
France
+20.5%, no.3 Ireland +33.0, with Poland an emerging market at no.5 with
+138.9%).
- Frozen fish (excluding fillets) +23.9% to £208.1m including a 45.3% rise in the key frozen
mackerel sector (no.1 market Russia +29.1%, no.2 the Netherlands +70.6%, no.3
China.
+204.0%). Despite a 440.5% rise in exports of frozen cod to no.1 market
Portugal, overall
frozen cod exports were down 2.4%.
- Fish fillets +16.4% to £120.6m including a 34.4% rise to no.1 market France and a huge
jump from £0.9m to £11.5m (£10.6m of which is salmon fillets) to the USA, now
the no.4
market.
- Molluscs +19.7% to £112.0m (no.1 market France +75.7% and now accounting for a 51%
share of all UK molluscs exports alone).
- Smoked fish +22.0% to £54.2m, with smoked salmon (accounting for a 77% share of
smoked fish exports) up 27.1% (no.1 smoked salmon market Italy +37.3%, no.2
France
+10.2% and no.3 Germany +78.3%).
The big loser continues to be the sizeable crustaceans sector (down 1.4% to £238.6m with
the key Spanish market dropping 6.2%).
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Source: Leatherhead Food International
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Research carried out by Leatherhead Food Research for the Food and Drink
Federation (April 2010)
Last reviewed: 16 Apr 2010