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 This market reports focuses on tilapia in the US. It deals with harvests, prices, markets and imports of the species.
NORTH AMERICA
United States
Tilapia
Prices
In March the average price of imported fresh fillets at Customs was up 1% on that of the previous month and 6% on that of March 2017. The price of frozen products was USD 4,084/kg, up 5% on that of February and down 2% on that of March 2017.
Table 1: Average CIF prices for fillets at Customs, in USD/t
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Product
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Price
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Var. % Mar/18 Feb/18
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Precio Mar/17
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Var. % Mar/18 Mar/17
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Mar/18
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Feb/18
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Fresh fillets
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7,751
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7,682
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+1%
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7,315
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+6%
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Frozen fillets
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4,084
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3,891
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+5%
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4,152
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-2%
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Source: FAS-USDA
Graph 1: Average CIF price of tilapia fillets at Customs,
in USD/t, 2014-2018
Source: FAS-USDA
Markets
In March, imports of fresh fillets reached 2,037 tonnes and USD 15,789,000, up 8% in volume and 9% in value on those of the previous month and down 21% and 16% respectively on those of March 2017. In the three months, they totalled 5,898 tonnes and USD 45,866,000, down 15% in volume and down 8% in value on those of the same period in 2017.
Graph 2: US imports of fresh tilapia fillets (HS 0304310000 and
HS 0304490012), 2014-2018
Source: FAS-USDA
Imports of frozen fillets reached 8,066 tonnes, worth USD 33,020,000 CIF at Customs. These figures are down 20% in volume and 16% in value on those of previous month and up 31% in volume and 29% in value on those of March 2017. During the three months, exports totalled 31,739 tonnes worth USD 125,105,000, down 2% in volume and 3% in value on those of the same period in 2017.
Graph 3: US imports of frozen tilapia fillets
(HS 0304610000), 2014-2018
Source: FAS-USDA
During the three months, imports of other products (whole, H&G and gutted, HS 0303890040 and HS 0303230000) totalled 10,831 tonnes, worth USD 20,717,000 CIF at Customs
By DGA
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