1. December 2006 1 Regional Organisation for Fisheries in Europe

2. December 2006 2 Publications EUROFISH Magazine Special Publications - Linking with projects GLOBEFISH Publications Website

3. December 2006 3 Conferences & Workshops 2006 Future Aquaculture 14-15 September 2006, Trieste, Italy (EU, Italy) Quality Assurance Challenges, 13-15 December 2006, Copenhagen (FAO) 2007 Trade Policy and Fisheries, Croatia, spring 2007 (FAO)

4. December 2006 4 2006 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

5. December 2006 5 1.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

6. December 2006 6 Overview and trends on the Russian seafood market

7. December 2006 7 Headlines Quotas Poaching and illegal fishing Booming market Trade restrictions on ”all goods” Bans on seafood imports

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9. 9 Auchan, Moscow, March 2005

10. December 2006 10 Source: RetailPlanet

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12. December 2006 12 Retail in Russia and elsewhere Source: Retail Planet

13. December 2006 13 REGIONAL FEVER Magnit (44 regions) Paterson (19) Perekrestok (17) Pyaterochka (17) Metro Cash&Carry (14) Grossmart (11) Diksi (10) Source: Russian Business Consulting Agency

14. December 2006 14 Auchan, Moscow, March 2005

15. December 2006 15 Booming Imports (’000 Tonnes)199920002001200220032004*% of total Chilled fish9.36.38.813.322.835.04.3 Frozen fish264.2304.1391.4414.2464.7584.171.4 Fish fillets21.210.618.234.655.462.27.6 Salted, smoked and other processed fish 7.88.312.214.012.811.81.4 Crustaceans4.47.812.818.026.735.34.3 Molluscs2.10.84.46.28.110.81.3 Canned fish115.1119.1138.494.286.070.38.6 Canned crustaceans0.40.91.52.15.48.11.0 Total424.5457.9587.7596.6711.9817.6100 Source: State Customs Committee (GTK)* Preliminary data

16. December 2006 16 Russian imports of seafood (HTS 03) in January-March 2004 - 2006 (in million USD) 200420052006% 05/06 World151.76218.621241.96310.68 Norway74.612110.39990.097-18.39 Iceland3.24512.70819.65754.67 Estonia2.1164.7137.82065.91 United Kingdom20.40514.37216.79016.84 Mauritania4.7105.4026.76625.25 Denmark9.43012.49018.61846.09 Vietnam0.8331.90012.614563.79 China2.7482.94211.160279.34 United States1.8306.4366.7404.76 Source: Customs Committee of Russia and USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

17. December 2006 17 Source: fishnet.ru

18. December 2006 18 TRENDS Increased seafood market – 17%? Retail and HoReCa continue to grow – increased availability and new marketing channels Frozen versus chilled –Chilled on the rise

19. December 2006 19 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

20. December 2006 20 Trade bans Russia has become a key market for many seafood producers – Trade bans create problems and insecurity – And speculations

21. December 2006 21 Auchan, Moscow, March 2005

22. December 2006 22 The Norwegian case Russian ban on fresh/chilled Norwegian farmed fish introduced 1 January 2006. 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

23. December 2006 23 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

24. December 2006 24 RUSSIA MEMBER OF THE WTO?

25. December 2006 25 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

26. December 2006 26 Thank you for your attention