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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, supplies of all these aquaculture species increased, in all species and sizes, in May. The most significant rise was that in seabass.
Table 1: Incoming volumes of the main aquaculture species
on Mercamadrid
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Product
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Volume (kg)
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% of variation
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May
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April
|
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Croaker
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24,328
|
23,705
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3
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Aquaculture seabream 300-400 g
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240,035
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194,688
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23
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Aquaculture seabream 400-400 g
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186,691
|
151,428
|
23
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Aquaculture seabream over 600 g
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80,007
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64,899
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23
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Small seabass
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158,368
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105,334
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50
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Medium-sized seabass
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138,569
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92,164
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50
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Large seabass
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79,181
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52,663
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50
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Turbot
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106,659
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73,935
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44
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Source: Mercamadrid
On Mercabarna, supplies have increased in the case of croaker, seabream, seabass and turbot. However, on this market, the rise in seabream was more important than that in seabass.
Prices
Spain
On Mercabarna, prices of May increased in all species, except for that of turbot that registered a drop. These increases were a consequence of the higher demand. The drop in turbot was a consequence of a rise in supplies.
On Mercamadrid, average prices increased in all species and products in May, except for that of large seabream that dropped by EUR 0.49/kg. These increases were due to a higher demand.
Table 2: Average wholesale prices of aquaculture species,
in EUR/kg ExWarehouse Spain
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Product
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Average price (EUR/kg)
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% of variation
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May
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April
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Croaker
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10.50
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10.32
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2
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Aquaculture seabream 300-400 g
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4.77
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4.55
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5
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Aquaculture seabream 400-400 g
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5.20
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5.10
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2
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Aquaculture seabream over 600 g
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7.10
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7.59
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-6
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Small seabass
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4.84
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4.73
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2
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Medium-sized seabass
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6.09
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5.97
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2
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Large seabass
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9.20
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9.07
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1
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Turbot
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8.50
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8.20
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4
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Source: FIS.com
Markets
European Union
In all the EU, in January and February, there were drop in imports of turbot and seabass. Those of seabream increased.
As regards exports, during the same period, there was a drop in turbot and a rise in seabass and seabream.
Table 3: Imports of fresh turbot, seabass and seabream
in the EU, January-February 2017/2016
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Product
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Volume (mt)
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Average price (EUR/kg)
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2017
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2016
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2017
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2016
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Fresh turbot (Psetta maxima)
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2,851
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3,796
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9.42
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8.68
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Fresh seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
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24,051
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25,166
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7.75
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8.61
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Fresh seabream (Sparus aurata)
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33,257
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28,676
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6.26
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7.87
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Source: Eurostat (Preliminary information)
Table 4: Exports of fresh turbot, seabass and seabream in the EU,
January-February 2017/2016
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Product
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Volume (mt)
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Average price (EUR/kg)
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2017
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2016
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2017
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2016
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Fresh turbot (Psetta maxima)
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3,821
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3,926
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32.88
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21.25
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Fresh seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
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27,470
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21,127
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8.34
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8.73
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Fresh seabream (Sparus aurata)
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33,098
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23,550
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5.68
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6.48
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Source: Eurostat (Preliminary information)
By Juan Murias
www.fis.com
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