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The Asian shrimp in EU, China and US markets Market trends, popularity of Ecuadorian shrimp and how to position Asian shrimp in these markets
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he virtual edition of The Aquaculture Roundtable Series (TARS) 2021 addressed ways to move the Asian shrimp industry forward. Over three days, attendees networked and posed numerous questions in discussion boxes for presenters and industry players in seven sessions. More questions were posed by groups attending the breakout session which deliberated on how to create alliances along the supply chain with farmers, since it is critical that the farmers succeed in farm operations and hold sufficient margins to be sustainable. At the Hard Talk, three business leaders discussed why is there a trust deficit on the use of functional feeds by shrimp farmers in Asia (see pages 4953). This year, the theme was Shrimp: Markets, Margins and Productivity. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted Asia’s shrimp producers with supply chain and logistics issues. There were combinations of hindering broodstock imports and post larvae deliveries, coupled with uncertain market demands, and low prices, while farmers struggle with disease outbreaks, low survival rates and high costs of production. TARS 2021 had 402 registered attendees and was held from August 18-20. It was organised by Aqua Culture Asia Pacific and Corporate Media Services, in collaboration with industry sponsors: DSM Nutritional
In the first session on State of the Industry – Understanding Markets and Consumers, speakers were from top right, clockwise, Lee Ho, Zhanjiang Gangyang Aquatic Co Ltd, China on China’s vannamei shrimp market; Angel Rubio, Urner Barry USA on the US market and Willem van der Pijl, Shrimp Insights,
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Products, INVE Aquaculture, Biomin, Corbion, BASF, Adisseo, Jefo Nutrition, Diana Aqua, and Grobest. The TARS 2021 program started with presentations on the state of markets in the EU, China and the US. The concern raised, with shifts in demand and increasing presence of Ecuadorian shrimp, was how to position Asia’s shrimp in these markets.
Markets for farmed and wild penaeid shrimp in EU 27
In 2020, Willem van der Pijl, owner of Shrimp Insights, estimated that the total market for Litopenaeus vannamei was 250,000 tonnes with 180,000 tonnes coming from South America, while that for Penaeus monodon was 30,000 tonnes. Typically, South American shrimp is sold in southern Europe as head-on shell-on (HOSO) and shrimp from Asia is sold in northwestern Europe. For all shrimp (including Argentinian shrimp) products in Europe, imports were almost flat since 2019. But in 2020, imports of vannamei shrimp increased, demonstrating that vannamei is more a retail product and possibly due to Ecuador’s market push. More importantly, he explained, “In 2020, while South America increased its market share
The Netherlands presented on "A close look at the EU 27 market". Lourdes ChingLing Tanco is from Mida Trade Ventures, Philippines; Ronnie Tan was the moderator and the industry panellist from India was S Santhana Krishnan, Marine Technologies.
