As of December 29, according to the preliminary data from the Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the volume of fish production in Russia rose by 2.6% in January-November 2016 compared to the same period of 2015, and reached 3.613 million MT.
Export volumes of fish and fish products from Russia amounted to 1.76 million MT in January-November 2016, which is 7% more than during the same period of 2015. According to the preliminary data of Federal Customs Service of Russia, pollock has the biggest share of export: its export volumes increased by 3.4% up to 730,600 MT in January-November. At the same time, the exports of frozen herring decreased by 21.2% to 86,200 MT, while the total catch of all kinds of herring (Pacific, Atlantic, Baltic) grew by 10% up to 401,200 MT in January-November.
Fish fillet exports from Russia grew by 15.2% up to 105,900 MT, exports of finished and canned products also rose by 18.2% up to 14,300 MT.
According to Rosstat preliminary data, in January-November 2016, the volume of imports of fish products decreased by 8.7% compared to the same period in 2015 and amounted to 455,900 MT. The volume of frozen capelin imports dropped by 66.6% to 9,700 MT, imports of frozen herring – by 37% to 29,800 MT, imports of frozen salmon – by 22% to 41,800 MT.
At the same time, the imports of frozen trout increased by 27.4% up to 9,300 MT, and imports of frozen mackerel – by 24.1% up to 68,500 MT.