In 2018, China imported a total of 326,098 metric tons of shellfish products. That year, the imports of frozen, smoked, dried, salted cuttlefish and squid amounted to 201,742 metric tons valued at 684.6 million Canadian dollars.
Volume of shellfish imports in China in 2018, by product category
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Products are either live, fresh, frozen, chilled, salted, smoked, dried or in brine.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Sector trend analysis – shellfish trends in China, 2018. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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