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 This market reports focuses on harvests of seabream, seabass and turbot in the EU, especially in Spain. We also highlight harvests, prices, markets, imports and exports.
European Union
Turbot (Psetta maxima), European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)
Production
Spain
On Mercamadrid, in April, offers of croaker., seabass, seabream and turbot declined. The most important drops were those in small and medium seabream.
Table 1: Incoming volumes of the main aquaculture species
on Mercamadrid
|
Item |
Volume (kg) |
Variation (%) |
|
April |
March |
|
Aquaculture croaker |
23,705.00 |
29,886.00 |
-21 |
|
Aquaculture seabream 300-400 g |
194,688 |
286,232 |
-32 |
|
Aquaculture seabream 400-400 g |
151,428 |
222,628 |
-32 |
|
Aquaculture seabream over 600 g |
64,899 |
95,415 |
-32 |
|
Small seabass |
105,334 |
126,798 |
-17 |
|
Medium-sized seabass |
92,164 |
102,589 |
-10 |
|
Large seabass |
52,663 |
63,395 |
-17 |
|
Turbot |
73,935 |
80,910 |
-9 |
Source: Mercamadrid
On Mercamadrid, supplies increased in the case of croaker. Those of , seabream, seabass and turbot dropped.
Prices
Spain
On Mercabarna, prices of seabream declined by EUR 0.05/kg in April. That of the rest of aquaculture species remained stable, compared with March.
On Mercamadrid, in April, average prices declined in turbot and small seabass and large seabream slightly due to a lower demand. Those of medium and small seabass increased, and so did those of medium seabream and croaker due to lower supplies. Those for the rest of the products remained stable.
Table 2: Average wholesale prices of aquaculture species,
in EUR/kg ExWarehouse Spain
|
Item |
Average price (EUR/kg) |
Variation (%) |
|
April |
March |
|
Aquaculture croaker |
10.32 |
10.30 |
0 |
|
Aquaculture seabream 300-400 g |
4.55 |
4.57 |
-0 |
|
Aquaculture seabream 400-400 g |
5.10 |
5.05 |
1 |
|
Aquaculture seabream over 600 g |
7.59 |
7.61 |
-0 |
|
Small seabass |
4.73 |
4.78 |
-1 |
|
Medium-sized seabass |
5.97 |
5.90 |
1 |
|
Large seabass |
9.07 |
9.00 |
1 |
|
Turbot |
8.20 |
8.35 |
-2 |
Source: FIS.com
Markets
European Union
Table 3: Imports of fresh turbot (Psetta maxima) in the EU,
January-February 2017/2016
|
Origin |
Volume (mt) |
Average price (EUR/kg) |
|
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
|
Spain |
368 |
525 |
7.05 |
8.18 |
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Portugal |
244 |
607 |
7.72 |
3.91 |
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Netherlands |
310 |
289 |
8.98 |
10.58 |
|
United Kingdom |
260 |
141 |
5.49 |
6.80 |
|
France |
39 |
138 |
10.54 |
7.50 |
|
Denmark |
64 |
34 |
9.13 |
9.04 |
|
Norway |
31 |
42 |
9.39 |
7.54 |
|
Belgium |
17 |
31 |
7.46 |
9.04 |
|
Italy |
31 |
14 |
5.76 |
10.49 |
|
Morocco |
25 |
13 |
11.79 |
11.55 |
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Germany |
6 |
25 |
9.23 |
7.56 |
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Sweden |
11 |
17 |
8.86 |
6.79 |
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Greece |
13 |
11 |
4.34 |
3.39 |
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Ireland |
8 |
2 |
10.28 |
11.39 |
|
Others (6) |
0 |
10 |
15.30 |
10.56 |
|
Total |
1,425 |
1,898 |
7.62 |
7.05 |
Source: Eurostat (Datos provisionales)
Table 4: Exports of fresh turbot (Psetta maxima) in the EU,
January-February 2017/2016
|
Destination |
Volume (mt) |
Average price (EUR/kg) |
|
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
|
Germany |
113 |
139 |
12.33 |
10.70 |
|
Andorra |
2 |
2 |
15.76 |
12.41 |
|
Angola |
1 |
1 |
2.09 |
2.25 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
0 |
|
14.55 |
|
|
Austria |
8 |
26 |
14.25 |
12.00 |
|
Azerbaijan |
0 |
|
18.10 |
|
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Belgium |
19 |
20 |
10.21 |
10.49 |
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Byelorussia |
0 |
0 |
10.29 |
10.70 |
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Bosnia-Herzegovina |
0 |
0 |
10.15 |
20.02 |
|
Bulgaria |
|
0 |
|
11.08 |
|
Canada |
11 |
10 |
26.77 |
25.96 |
|
Cyprus |
1 |
1 |
22.20 |
20.41 |
|
Colombia |
1 |
0 |
10.86 |
9.20 |
|
Croatia |
1 |
2 |
8.86 |
9.67 |
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Denmark |
|
5 |
|
10.47 |
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United Arab Emirates |
4 |
1 |
18.16 |
13.48 |
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Slovaquia |
0 |
0 |
15.25 |
13.75 |
|
Slovenia |
|
5 |
|
9.53 |
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Spain |
542 |
401 |
7.46 |
7.72 |
|
United States |
40 |
32 |
11.30 |
9.41 |
|
Estonia |
|
11 |
|
1.48 |
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Finland |
|
0 |
|
17.65 |
|
France |
275 |
305 |
9.57 |
8.62 |
|
Hong Kong |
0 |
1 |
16.60 |
17.88 |
|
Hungary |
0 |
2 |
25.45 |
8.62 |
|
Indonesia |
|
0 |
|
18.60 |
|
Undefined territories |
|
5 |
|
6.55 |
|
Ireland |
1 |
2 |
10.89 |
7.47 |
|
Israel |
0 |
1 |
12.55 |
9.41 |
|
Italy |
686 |
622 |
8.12 |
7.96 |
|
Letonia |
0 |
1 |
8.00 |
15.22 |
|
Others (24): |
205 |
367 |
11.67 |
13.05 |
|
Total |
1,911 |
1,963 |
9.03 |
9.35 |
Source: Eurostat (Datos provisionales)
By Juan Murias
www.fis.com
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