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Canada increases lobster exports to China

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The number of seafood air shipments to Asia grew by 63% in the last months due to the tariffs applied in the US-China trade war.

Posted on Sep 12 ,11:10

Canada increases lobster exports to China

Canada is increasing its exports of seafood, mainly lobster, to China as the tariffs applied by Beijing in the trade war with the US have created a void on the Chinese market that Canadian exporters are now trying to fill.
Also, in the past 12 months, Halifax’s Stanfield International Airport has gone from having one to five weekly seafood air shipments to Asia. That represents a 63% rise in lobster shipments year-over-year.
"I have heard from colleagues in Maine that their business in China has dried up completely, but do not have any independent data to back that up", said Geoff Irvine, executive director of the Lobster Council of Canada, according to Seafood Source magazine.
Local press from Maine reported that the value of live lobsters exported from Maine dropped 64% in July 2018 from July 2017 and one company has already laid off a quarter of its staff in response to losing business in China.
"The tariff wars between the United States and China have affected demand for American lobster. As a result, Canadian lobster is trying to step in and fill this void. To get all of this seafood to market, we have seen an increase in freighter activities in the Maritimes – most of them going to China," confirms Kevin Mio, a communications manager with Air Canada.

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