Ukraine imported US$680 million worth of seafood last year.
Ukraine in 2020, boosted foreign purchases of fish by 5.6%, while Norway became the country’s major exporter.
That is according to a statement by the National Scientific Center “Institute of Agrarian Economy,” published on its website on March 18.
Over the period under review, imports of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks to Ukraine amounted to US$680 million, which was 5.6% up against 2019.
Fish and seafood are in the top three main types of imported foodstuff. Ukraine buys mainly frozen, fresh or chilled fish, fish fillets, and various crustaceans, most often from Europe and North America.
“Norway has been holding the leading position in terms of the cost of seafood supplies to our country for over 15 consecutive years. In 2020, its share remained the largest, that is, 31.4%,” the report said.
It is followed by Iceland (12.5%), the U.S (10.3%), Canada (6.0%), Spain (4.3%), UK (3.6%) and the Faroe Islands (3.2%).
Background
The catch of fish and aquatic biological resources in Ukraine in 2020 stood at 76,500 tonnes, which was 17% down from 2019.
A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Ukraine and the United Kingdom came into force on January 1, 2021.
As of March 17, 2021, Ukraine became the largest exporter of snails and niche products to the United Kingdom.
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Great news, fresh seafood is always welcome in Ukraine. I have no doubt the Belarus seafood industry has now collapsed since Luka banned everything, so a bonus for Ukraine.
Hmmm. Of course well done by Knut, but norse fish is very expensive, even in Denmark. So, i can assume that only mafiosi can afford it.
I’m having salmon for lunch, and it’s not that expensive in Ukraine, unless you compare it to the garbage Ukrainians eat from the rivers. π
I don’t eat much fish since Larisa moved out. I only eat pizza. π
Oksana can’t cook, so this is what our kitchen looks like now. π
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Good healthy diet then? LMAO
Not for my wallet. LMFAO!
Not long before he start to spak Italian π
I don’t ‘spak’. π
It must be something wrong with my key board’s ability to spell correct π
Try not to use Alina’s russian keyboard. π
She start to handle the Swedish language very well now, much better than me π
My swedish is okay. Except when i have to read Ikea instructions. We bought a closet… now we have a table and four chairs. π
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Don’t blame Oksane, you can learn to make food π Here it’s me that make most of our dinners, it’s very easy to learn! π
We was eating a lot of Norwegian fish and seafood when we was living in Dnipro, it wasn’t very expensive. And it was very fresh, that surprised me. We visited a fish restaurant in Bergen, Norway and even my wallet was chocked when we was finished, but it was well worth the money π I asked the waiter if they had a Russian menu and then she started to talk with Alina in Russian, you find them everywhere π Even her in this small place in Sweden she has got 4 close friends, two from Ukraine and two from Russia.