December Regional Organisation for Fisheries in Europe
December Publications EUROFISH Magazine Special Publications - Linking with projects GLOBEFISH Publications Website
December Conferences & Workshops 2006 Future Aquaculture September 2006, Trieste, Italy (EU, Italy) Quality Assurance Challenges, December 2006, Copenhagen (FAO) 2007 Trade Policy and Fisheries, Croatia, spring 2007 (FAO)
December Traceability Workshop in Klaipeda, Lithuania Seminar on Traceability, Istanbul Food safety system audit to selected fish processing plants in Romania and Bulgaria 2007 Research Results for Fisheries, Vilnius, Lithuania Packaging in Seafood Industry, Gdansk, Poland, Projects & Training
December Albania 2.Bulgaria 3.Croatia 4.Denmark 5.Estonia* 6.Italy 7.Latvia 8.Lithuania 9.Norway 10.Romania 11.Spain 12.Turkey The Organisation Member Countries *Ratification concluded in November 2006
December Overview and trends on the Russian seafood market
December Headlines Quotas Poaching and illegal fishing Booming market Trade restrictions on ”all goods” Bans on seafood imports
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December Retail in Russia and elsewhere Source: Retail Planet
December REGIONAL FEVER Magnit (44 regions) Paterson (19) Perekrestok (17) Pyaterochka (17) Metro Cash&Carry (14) Grossmart (11) Diksi (10) Source: Russian Business Consulting Agency
December Auchan, Moscow, March 2005
December Booming Imports (’000 Tonnes) *% of total Chilled fish Frozen fish Fish fillets Salted, smoked and other processed fish Crustaceans Molluscs Canned fish Canned crustaceans Total Source: State Customs Committee (GTK)* Preliminary data
December Russian imports of seafood (HTS 03) in January-March (in million USD) % 05/06 World Norway Iceland Estonia United Kingdom Mauritania Denmark Vietnam China United States Source: Customs Committee of Russia and USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
December Source: fishnet.ru
December TRENDS Increased seafood market – 17%? Retail and HoReCa continue to grow – increased availability and new marketing channels Frozen versus chilled –Chilled on the rise
December Cont.TRENDS Exotic food Seafood other than finfish –”image products” Ex live molluscs, oysters, blue mussels Luxury – Ex. “Globus Gourmet” in Moscow Canned : Away from uniform product in standard packaging to product branding
December Trade bans Russia has become a key market for many seafood producers – Trade bans create problems and insecurity – And speculations
December Auchan, Moscow, March 2005
December The Norwegian case Russian ban on fresh/chilled Norwegian farmed fish introduced 1 January Justification: Heavy metals – No proofs found Frozen farmed fish It is now clear that companies that want to export frozen farmed fish to Russia also will need to be inspected and approved by Russian authorities Wild fish No demands so far regarding inspection or new approval systems
December New Measures All seafood: How to deal with veterinary certificates + sealed vehicles Farmed fish: A Russian inspector will be located in Norway for a period of three months to work together with 10 companies
December RUSSIA MEMBER OF THE WTO?
December FISH INDUSTRY OF RUSSIA Based on a project funded by International Finance corporation and Iceland Released in 2006 Up to date compendium of Russia’s Fish Industry
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