China's output of aquatic products totaled 54 million tons in 2010, of which over 15 million tons were from fisheries that included 1 million tons from pelagic fishery, said Wei Chaoan, vice minister of the country's Ministry of Agriculture, China Knowledge reports.
Wei added that most of China's aquatic products are still from aquiculture.
According to the statistics released by China's General Administration of Customs, the country saw its exports and imports of aquatic products amount to 7.16 million tons last year, and total value reached US$20.36 billion, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 26.8%.
In 2010, China exported 3.34 million tons of aquatic products for US$13.83 billion, 28.09% more than a year earlier, while it imported 3.82 million tons of aquatic products for US$6.54 billion, up 24.16% year on year, with a trade surplus of US$7.29 billion, China Knowledge reported earlier.
Japan is China's biggest aquatic product export destination with export value of US$3.23 billion last year, up 20.62% from a year earlier. The export value of aquatic products to the U.S., the Europe and the South Korea was US$2.6 billion, US$2.09 billion and US$1.33 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 26.2%, 18.09% and 31.57%, respectively.
The export value of aquatic products in these four countries accounted for 66.9% of the total export value of aquatic products in China last year, and the proportion was 2.9 percentage points lower than that of 2009.
In 2010, Shandong Province's exports of aquatic products ranked top among other provinces with export value of US$3.99 billion, followed by Fujian Province with US$2.54 billion, Guangdong Province with US$2.18 billion, Liaoning Province with US$1.89 billion, Zhejiang Province with US$1.59 billion, Hainan Province with US$403 million, Jiangsu Province with US$271 million and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region with US$243 million.
In the first quarter of this year, China saw its aquatic product output amount to 10.32 million tons, 5.3% more than in the same quarter of 2010. Of the total output, 7.54 million tons were from aquiculture, up 6% year on year, while 2.78 million tons of aquatic products were from fishing sector, up 3.5% from a year earlier.
In March 2011, the country's wholesale price of aquatic products swelled 5.8% year on year to RMB 17.5 per kilogram, official sources reported.
Wei added that most of China's aquatic products are still from aquiculture.
According to the statistics released by China's General Administration of Customs, the country saw its exports and imports of aquatic products amount to 7.16 million tons last year, and total value reached US$20.36 billion, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 26.8%.
In 2010, China exported 3.34 million tons of aquatic products for US$13.83 billion, 28.09% more than a year earlier, while it imported 3.82 million tons of aquatic products for US$6.54 billion, up 24.16% year on year, with a trade surplus of US$7.29 billion, China Knowledge reported earlier.
Japan is China's biggest aquatic product export destination with export value of US$3.23 billion last year, up 20.62% from a year earlier. The export value of aquatic products to the U.S., the Europe and the South Korea was US$2.6 billion, US$2.09 billion and US$1.33 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 26.2%, 18.09% and 31.57%, respectively.
The export value of aquatic products in these four countries accounted for 66.9% of the total export value of aquatic products in China last year, and the proportion was 2.9 percentage points lower than that of 2009.
In 2010, Shandong Province's exports of aquatic products ranked top among other provinces with export value of US$3.99 billion, followed by Fujian Province with US$2.54 billion, Guangdong Province with US$2.18 billion, Liaoning Province with US$1.89 billion, Zhejiang Province with US$1.59 billion, Hainan Province with US$403 million, Jiangsu Province with US$271 million and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region with US$243 million.
In the first quarter of this year, China saw its aquatic product output amount to 10.32 million tons, 5.3% more than in the same quarter of 2010. Of the total output, 7.54 million tons were from aquiculture, up 6% year on year, while 2.78 million tons of aquatic products were from fishing sector, up 3.5% from a year earlier.
In March 2011, the country's wholesale price of aquatic products swelled 5.8% year on year to RMB 17.5 per kilogram, official sources reported.