China Is The World's Largest Producer And Exporter Of Seafood, According To Report

China Is The World's Largest Producer And Exporter Of Seafood, According To The Latest Glitnir Report

Reykjavik, Iceland, Nov 5, 2007 - (Hugin via ABN Newswire) - Glitnir China Seafood Industry Report 2007

Shanghai/Reykjavik/Oslo - 5 November 2007 - China is now the largest producer of seafood in the world, supplying some 35 percent of total global seafood products*. In addition, China leads the world in terms of the export of seafood produce, with Japan accounting for about half of its total seafood exports in recent years. Glitnir's latest report highlights that demand for high quality seafood in the Chinese market is set to continue to grow, due to increasingly affluent consumers, greater production capacity and the traditional popularity of seafood, particularly shellfish, in Asia.

Production China's total seafood production was 51 million tons, which represented a stable year-on-year growth of 4.08 percent.*

The new Glitnir Seafood Industry Report is the second annual report to be published by Glitnir on the Chinese market. All reports are available HERE.