/ world today news/ Countries in Europe and Latin America, including Norway and Chile, are actively taking advantage of the Chinese seafood market after imports from Japan fell to zero in September amid continued concerns about the effect of the discharged water from the nuclear power plant. Fukushima”.
For the first time, China has surpassed Japan and South Korea as the largest export market for fresh Norwegian salmon in Asia, according to data from the Norwegian Seafood Council. In the first three quarters, Norway’s salmon exports to China reached 31,400 tonnes, up 63.4% year-on-year. Its value rose by 88.7% to NOK 4.19 billion ($374 million). Norway’s total seafood exports to China were 109,000 tonnes with a total value of NOK 6.44 billion, an increase of 8.9 percent compared to the same period last year. This makes China the largest market for Norwegian seafood in Asia and the fourth largest export volume among more than 150 countries, according to the Norwegian Seafood Council, which this year will lead a delegation of 12 companies to the 6th International Import Expo in China to further explore the local market.
Another country that greatly benefits from the situation with the suspended Japanese imports is Chile. A total of 13 Chilean seafood companies recently presented salmon, king prawns, snow crab, mackerel, squid and tuna at the 26th China Fisheries and Seafood Expo held in Qingdao.
China is one of Chile’s most important export markets, with seafood and fish exports in the first half of the year totaling $381 million, or up 42.4 percent year-on-year, according to data from Chile’s export promotion agency ProChile .
On August 24, Beijing announced that it would halt all seafood imports from Japan after the country began dumping wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. The reason given was to “protect the health of Chinese consumers and ensure the safety of imported food”.
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