date:Jan 22, 2014
seafood exporters struggled in traditional markets like Japan and the EU while shipments to the U.S. and Korea grew. Sales to the EU, the number two market for Shandong seafood, fell 2.5 percent year-on-year to USD 1.03 billion (EUR 760 million) while the U.S. accounted for USD 580 million (EUR 428 million), up 1.2 percent compared to 2012. Nearby Japan and Korea meanwhile proved a mixed bag with sales to the former down a worrying 8.9 percent to USD 1.8 billion (EUR 1.3 billion) and shipments t