# Global aquaculture market prospects: Cooling demand and persistently high costs

> Rabobank's second-half 2022 outlook expects shrimp prices, which have trended down since March, to stay under pressure while feed, freight and energy costs remain high. Demand growth in the US and EU is expected to cool as inflation erodes disposable incomes, while supply from Indonesia, Vietnam and Ecuador keeps growing.

- Date: 2022-08-26 · published 2022-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40105-global-aquaculture-market-prospects-cooling-demand-and-persistently-high-costs
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Persistently high feed and freight costs combined with softer shrimp prices squeeze aquaculture margins, which can reduce farmers' appetite for feed ingredients over the coming months.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- FISHMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- agnavigator.com: https://www.agnavigator.com/Article/2022/08/26/global-aquaculture-market-prospects-cooling-demand-and-persistently-high-costs/

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