China Agriculture View » Aquatic http://www.all-china-agriculture.com A professional blog which is about all aspects of china agriculture. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:12:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 China Aquatic Export Volume Hits $10.6 Last Year http://www.all-china-agriculture.com/2009/07/27/china-aquatic-export-volume-hits-10-6-last-year/ http://www.all-china-agriculture.com/2009/07/27/china-aquatic-export-volume-hits-10-6-last-year/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:57:45 +0000 Bonnie http://www.all-china-agriculture.com/?p=88 China’s aquatic industry has maintained a rapid growth in the recent years. The export volume of aquatic hit $10.6 billion last year, which represented 26.2% of the country’s total farm produce exports.

The total import and export volume rose 4.9 percent to 6.85 million tonnes, worth 16.02 billion U.S. dollars, up 10.7 percent from a year earlier.

Influenced by the United States import ban on four Chinese aquatic products in 2007, fearing it contained carcinogen and other harmful substances, and “dumpling poisoning” case in Japan in early 2008, China’s aquatic products export faced difficulties for some time.

According to The Ministry of Agriculture, by the end of 2010, the output of aquatic product will reach 60 million tons with an average annual growth rate of 3.3%; the output Value of fishery industry will reach CNY 570 billion with an average annual growth rate of 6.4%.

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