See you at Booth# 2C102 April 21-23, 2026 at Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain

China imported a record 12,542 tonnes of frozen squid from Argentina in May this year, with a total value of $42.5 million, according to the latest data from Chinese customs. The surge was attributed to heavy fishing by Argentine fishing vessels, which in the first half of 2024 in reached 153,000 tonnes, up 54% year-on-year.

The increase in demand for healthy food has led to a corresponding increase in demand for squid, which first led to the overall upward movement of China's ocean squid price index, which has been at the same level as the same period last year for many consecutive months.

South Korea's imports of frozen baby octopus reached 1,904 tonnes in May 2024, up 13 per cent year-on-year, indicating strong market demand, according to the latest data from Union Forsea Corp. Cumulative total imports this year have exceeded 10,629 tonnes, up 15% year-on-year.

The European Union formally confirmed on Monday that it will exclude Russian and Belarusian fishery products from the next version of its autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) scheme, which will come into force in January, including Russian-origin fish products processed in China. The proposals were first made in September and the current ATQ scheme expires on 31 December. The council unanimously set quotas for 2024, 2025 and 2026 for certain fish products on 27 November.

Seafood has relatively high requirements for long-term preservation and long-distance transportation. In order to keep seafood fresh, people tried all kinds of ways, as for the effect of preservation is not the same. In the same way, we will briefly introduce the common ways of seafood preservation. The main processing methods are as follows: fresh, chilled, frozen and dry. Frozen is also divided into sea frozen and land frozen according to the processing location.