From 1 January to 15 December 2023, exports of fish and seafood from the Russian Federation amounted to 2.08 million tonnes, according to the Customs Service statistics and Rosselkhoznadzor's Argus information system. This represents a 30 percent increase over the same period in 2022, when Russian exports of fish and seafood were just over 1.6 million tonnes. China has become the largest export destination; the seafood shipments to this country have increased almost three times, exceeding 1.2 million tonnes. In second place is the Republic of Korea, which absorbed supplies of almost half a million tonnes, followed by the Netherlands, Belarus and Japan. The volume of exports of Russian finfish and other seafood to these countries amounted to 117 000, 65 600 and 33 500 tonnes, respectively.

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