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Trade Tracker Top U.S. seafood imports from China, 2012 Shrimp is No. 1 Product category comprises more than one quarter total seafood imports Tilapia, (Oreochromis dpp.), ���llets, frozen $613,836,236 Paci���c salmon, (Oncorhynchus nerka, gorbuscha, keta, etc.), Atlantic salmon $200,343,010 (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) ���llets, frozen Cod, (gadus morhua, gadus ogac, gadus macrocephalus), ���llets, frozen $174,950,917 Cuttle���sh and squid frozen, dried, salted or in brine I n 2012 the United States imported more than $12.6 billion worth of seafood, ranging from frozen ���sh ���llets to live lobster. Of all the seafood imported to the U.S. market, shrimp takes the No. Zepol Corporation is a Minnesota-based company working to provide the most complete and up-to-date U.S. trade data through our subscription tools. TradeIQ��� is a U.S. Customs import Bill of Lading database utilized to ���nd information about competitors, suppliers, prospects, and the products that they use, market, or transport. TradeView��� provides U.S. Census data to visualize the U.S. import and export market. ComplianceMonitor��� is a comprehensive tool that proactively alerts users of essential U.S. import trade compliance information. For more information visit www.zepol.com. 26 SeaFood Business USD 1 spot by a landslide. In fact, nearly 28 percent of all seafood imported is either frozen or fresh shrimp/ prawns, which equated to more than $3.5 billion in 2012. Te seasonal trend of shrimp imports shows a rise in the second half of the year, as consumption increases during the holiday season. Roughly 20 percent of frozen shrimp is imported from Tailand, followed by Indonesia and Ecuador. On the fresh shrimp side, more than half of the imports originate in India, followed by China and Tailand. China is a main source of seafood destined for the United States, second only to Canada. Among a large variety of seafood products, the top seafood imports coming from China include tilapia, Pacific salmon and cod. Te overall price per kilogram of vessel imports from China was $4.04 in 2012, down from $4.11 the previous year. Te United States may see more seafood imports from China in 2013 if prices stay similar to last year. March 2013 $158,540,639 Alaska pollock (Theraga chalcogramma), ���llets, frozen $122,288,620 Flat���sh, (pleuronectidae, bothidae, cynoglossidae, soleidae, $91,891,685 scophthalmidae and citharidae) ���llets, frozen Shrimps and prawns, frozen, other than coldwater $64,314,951 Fish, frozen, nesoi $74,095,684 Haddock, (Melanogrammus aegle���nus) ���llets, frozen $75,060,917 Fish ���llets, frozen, nesoi $57,857,672 * nesoi: Not elsewhere speci���ed or indicated Top countries of origin for frozen shrimp Dollar value for 2012 Thailand Indonesia 7.8% 10.4% Ecuador 5.0% 1.9% 2.0% 1.8% India Vietnam 20.9% 16.3% Mexico Malaysia 16.7% China 17.3% Peru Honduras Top countries of origin for fresh shrimp Dollar value for 2012 India China Thailand Ecuador Pakistan Costa Rica Malaysia 6.8% 7.0% 6.5% 3.8% 3.2% 2.1% 2.3% 1.4% 13.2% 53.8% Taiwan Canada Hong Kong Visit us online at www.seafoodbusiness.com