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Trade Imports

Year Country Product Name Kilos Dollars China as a Percent of Total Imports Estimate Percent of Chinese Production that is Aquaculture
2006
2006
China
All Imports
Eels
Eels
1,391,413
1,709,364
$12,284,032
$13,916,304
88% 100%
             
2007
2007
China
All Imports
Eels
Eels
209,903
303,094
$2,007,071
$2,480,487
81% 100%
             
2006
2006
China
All Imports
Catfish
Catfish
7,606,301
34,002,157
$29,489,441
$111,418,067
26% 100%
             
2007
2007
China
All Imports
Catfish
Catfish
6,585,607
14,136,236
$24,556,516
$49,802,330
49%
100%
             
2006
2006
China
All Imports
Shrimp
Shrimp
68,150,423
590,299,218
$330,917,988
$4,115,249,669
8%
41%
             
2007
2007
China
All Imports
Shrimp
Shrimp
21,141,035
162,006,701
$100,607,462
$1,105,013,548
9%
41%
             
2006 China
All Imports
Total
Total
523,168,073
2,340,190,636
1,931,928,020
13,153,419,383
15%
 

Notes:

Percent Aquacultured From 2005 FAO data and represents proportion of Chinese production that is aquacultured. This does not necessarily reflect the percent of that exported to the United States, epecially related to shrimp.

Import Data is US Census Data accessed from NMFS Fisheries Statistics website.

2006 represents a full year of data.

2007 represents January through April data.

 

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