European Shrimp Market: 2010 Imports Grow Despite Economic Issues

摘要

Despite rising prices and the tall of the euro, European shrimp imjiorts have continued to grow. In Spain, importers move quickly from source to source following shrimp prices. New cookers have confused the market with an overcapacity of cooked product. In France, which requires qualitv raw shrimp for its popular cooked products, importers work mainlv Avith suppliers in the Western Hemisphere, altliough India is the second-largest supplier. Tropical shrimp arc now entering the U.K. as value-ackk'd product. Most of Germany's supermarket chains now carry shrimp, so its imports continue on the rise in 2010.