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Germany is the main European importer (12
percent). The main importers for fish oil are
Belgium, Denmark and Chile (Table 17).
5.3.2 Direct human consumption
A significant growth in non-traditional
exports has occurred over recent years,
mainly in the form of frozen products (e.g.
179 662 tonnes in 2005). These include
jumbo flying squid, South Pacific hake
and scallops that are exported to European
countries such as Spain and France, with
hake fillets mainly going to the United
States of America (Figures 18 and 19; Table
18).
TABLE 18
Frozen seafood export value (thousand US$)
Product 2004 2005
Squids, dry frozen 82 541 94 712
Dry frozen scallop shells 24 415 32 759
Other frozen fillets 24 887 28 591
Non-conserved prepared molluscs 26 711 27 356
Lines of prawns with shell 15 253 26 594
South Pacific hake fillets 13 606 16 268
Other frozen fish meat 9 316 10 931
Frozen whole prawns 5 603 9 015
Other fish 14 668 13 514
Source: PROMPEX (2005, 2006)
FIGURE 17
Fishmeal exports, 2000–2005Source: PRODUCE (2001, 2002, 2003a, 2004, 2005, 2006a)05001 0001 5002 0002 5003 0002000 2001 2002 2003 2004 200502004006008001 0001 2001 400Volume ValueM illion U S $
Thousand tonnesTABLE 16
Fishmeal export value (FOB, thousand US$)
Country 2004 2005
China 425 962 505 561
Germany 76 602 134 757
Japan 114 314 103 032
Taiwan POC 84 026 52 020
Spain 20 602 25 841
Viet Nam 16 322 25 107
Indonesia 19 582 23 812
Turkey 27 136 21 023
Canada 28 770 20 246
Source: PROMPEX (2005, 2006)
TABLE 17
Fish oil export value (thousand US$)
Country 2004 2005
Belgium 26 230 48 197
Denmark 12 909 24 639
Chile 40 487 22 923
Canada 14 038 13 495
Japan 3 154 6 727
Italy 39 5 412
Australia 3 713 4 391
Source: PROMPEX (2005, 2006)