This market reports focuses on catfish in the US. It deals with harvests, prices, markets and imports of the species.
NORTH AMERICA
United States
Catfish
Price
The average CIF price of fillets –basa and panga- imported in November was USD 4,936/t, up 5% on that of October and up 23% on that of November 2017. In the first eleven months, the average was USD 4,445/t, up 31% on that of the same period last year.
Graph 1: Average CIF price at USD Customs of frozen fillets of
basa and panga imports (HS 0304620020), 2014–2018, USD/tonne
Source: FAS-USDA
Market
In November, incoming volumes of frozen fillets of basa and panga reported 8,634 tonnes, worth CIF USD 42,614,000, down 12% in volume and 7% in value on those imported in the previous month and up 8% in volume and 33% in value on those of November 2017.
Graph 2: US imports of frozen fillets of basa and panga
(HS 0304620020), 2014-2018 in tonnes and thousands of USD
Source: FAS-USDA
In the eleven months of the year, they totalled 85,245 tonnes, worth USD 378,929,000, down 13% in volume and up 14 in value on those of the same period last year.
Graph 3: US imports of frozen fillets of basa and panga
(HS 0304620020), January-November 2014–2018
Source: FAS-USDA
By DGA
www.fis.com