According to preliminary data from the Russian Statistics Service, during seven months of 2016, the volumes of imports of fish products to the Russian Federation decreased by 12% (37,000 MT) compared to the same period of 2015 and amounted to 271,600 MT. Import of frozen capelin decreased by 67.9% – to 8,600 MT, import of frozen herring deceased by 50.2% – to 11,700 MT, import of frozen salmon deceased by 3.3% – to 25,300 MT, import of frozen mackerel dropped by 28.2% – to 31,800 tons. Meanwhile import of frozen trout almost doubled – up to 6,800 MT.
The structure of imports of fish and seafood to Russia consists of frozen fish (54.5%), prepared or preserved fish products (14.4%), fish fillets and other fish meat (11.2%), crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (11%), fresh or chilled fish (4.5%).