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In the first nine months of 2026, China's seafood imports rose 22.3% in value while exports grew only 1.5%, widening the trade deficit to 6.404 billion dollars. A senior official presented these figures at the 2026 Aquatic Products Conference in Weihai, where the industry was described as facing low growth, weak domestic prices and rising costs.
Higher fishmeal and fuel prices were cited among the cost pressures.
Rising seafood imports and higher fishmeal costs point to stronger demand for fishmeal as a feed input and tighter margins for farmers. The trend is gradual and is unlikely to move prices on its own.
bloominglobal.comNov 12, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
