Download - Commodity Overview Helga Josupeit. SHRIMP shrimp is the most important commodity traded worldwide, accounting for about 16% of total export value (of.

Commodity Overview

Helga Josupeit

SHRIMP

shrimp is the most important commodity traded worldwide, accounting for about 16% of total export value (of fishery products)

developing countries main source of supply

aquaculture very important economic strongly felt by trade

Shrimp

tuna

tuna only concentrated industry among fisheries industry

share in total trade declining (8% at present)

in the press for resource management concerns and for mercury content

impact of economic crisis not felt

groundfish

very traditional and well established industry

a lot of processing done in China resource under stress for many

species impact of economic crisis important

Groundfish

cephalopods

very few consuming countries important industry in a handful of

countries resource difficult to assess prices down for squid, due to

oversupply in 2008

Cephalopods

Fishmeal

Fish Oil

Tilapia

Pangasius

salmon

expansion of production will come to an end in 2009

aquaculture production extremely important

prices expected to go up

Salmon

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