date:Feb 28, 2014
Chinas seafood exporters are hopeful that strong growth has returned to the Western export markets, after strong data was published for January by a bellwether seafood processing and production region. The southeasterly province of Shandong in January shipped 236,000 metric tons (MT) of seafood worth USD 760 million (EUR 555.7 million) an increase of 6.2 percent and 12.3 percent respectively.
The strongest growth however was recorded for shipments to the EU and U.S., with 18,000 MT worth USD 8