Russian miners plan to double the supplies of caviar to China
Russian miners plan to double the supplies of caviar to China in 2025, and in the future for several years, growth can be five times. The development of the direction should help stabilize the cost of products: due to the reduction in demand from the main consumers, Japan and South Korea, over the past year, the caviar of policemen has been cheaper by more than 20%. It is impossible to compensate for the reduction in price at the expense of the domestic market: only affordable, non -reference till caviar is attracted to Russian consumers.
Russian fish miners expect to deliver 1 thousand tons of policies in China in 2025, increasing the shipment twice a year by the year. In the future, two or three years can increase to 5 thousand tons. About this “Kommersant” was told in the Association of Plowers (Adm). The organization clarified that the first major transactions can be concluded on April 8-10 at a fish auction in South Korean Pusan. This year there will be Chinese buyers for the first time. The parameters of future agreements did not bring to Adm.
Director General of Tradlot Vladimir Rakasov says that his company is waiting for contracts for auctions in Pusan with Chinese companies. The general director of the Russian fishing company Savely Karpukhin calls China one of the priority markets. The company, according to him, plans to reach it, also concluding agreements on the results of fish auctions in South Korea.
By April 1, the volume of polish in Russia amounted to 964 thousand tons, having lost 2% a year by the year, says President of Adm Alexei Buglak. The release of caviar at the same time decreased by 1.5%, to 30 thousand tons. The association of shipowners of the fishing fleet (ASRF) says that the fall of the catch is explained not by problems with the margin, but by weather conditions. Dmitry Krasnov, Managing Director of the Center for Competence in the agricultural sector of Consulting, believes that according to the results of only 2025, the milks of polions will remain at the level of 1.9-2 million tons. The production of caviar depends on the volume of polishing in the « Ikryana » season and spawning factors. The product remains marginal for exporters, noted in ASRF.
Russian miners plan to develop a new direction of delivery of caviar, including due to the general reduction in income from foreign supplies.
According to the results of 2024, according to the ADM, according to the ADM, it amounted to 37 thousand tons, worth $ 194 million. The first indicator has not changed by a year, and the second decreased by 21%. This is due to a decrease in products for products, explain in the organization.
Now the caviar at auctions in Pusan costs an average of $ 4.7 per 1 kg, they say in Oceanrybflot. In the Adm, it is clarified that in the eggs, according to the results of 2024, 18% of the combined milk exports in money accounted for. The main sales markets are Japan and South Korea, which accounted for 56% and 42%, respectively. The commercial director of Oceanrybflot Andrei Buzin says the demand for policeman caviar in these countries is reduced. The development of deliveries to China for domestic consumption, in his opinion, will redirect part of the flow.
The admm indicates that last year the association launched a program to promote the caviar of polkans in China. It is designed to reduce the current surplus of the Russian offer, stabilizing prices. Connecting new markets will contribute to the preservation and growth of caviar prices, Mr. Karpukhin believes. Vladimir Rakasov considers the caviar of polions potentially attractive to the Chinese consumer due to taste and high adaptability to traditional cuisine. Now his company supplies about 10% of the caviar produced to China. In the fishing union, attention is drawn to the fact that the caviar of polions in China is positioned as a premium product that consumers can prefer salmon and sturgeon. Demand can grow taking into account the plans of local authorities to increase by 2030 the consumption of fish and seafood from 22.9 to 29 kg per person per year.
In the domestic market, the demand for pollock caviar is restrained. According to NTECH, its natural sales over the past year increased by 0.9%. Caviar cod added 7.5%. The trend was traced when reducing sales of salmon caviar in conditions of price growth and limited supply. In Russia, in the year, according to Mr. Buglk, about 3 thousand tons of salty puncture caviar of polions per year are consumed. “A non -shipped frozen caviar is coming to her, while exporting to Asia is a varietal yas,” he explains. Whole yaski are dried, smoked, added to the soup. Andrei Buzin says that in Russia caviar of polions is perceived as a cheap product for the mass segment. Demand is determined by the price: processors are often not ready to purchase high -quality milky caviar.
