This market reports focuses on catfish in the US. It deals with harvests, prices, markets and imports of the species.

NORTH AMERICA

United States

Catfish

Price

The CIF average price of catfish and tilapia fillets imported in December was USD 5,053 per t, 2 per cent superior to that in November and 32 per cent superior to that in October 2017. In 2018 it reached an average of USD 4,503 per t, which is 32 per cent higher than that in the same period during the previous year.

Graph 1: Average CIF price at customs of American imports of
frozen catfish and tilapia fillets (HS 0304620020),
2014–2018, USD/tonne

Source: FAS-USDA/FIS.com

Market

In December a total of 8,955 tonnes of frozen catfish and tilapia fillets were imported for a CIF value of USD 45,252,000, a figure that represents a 4 per cent growth in volume and a 6 per cent increase in value than that imported during the previous month and 22 per cent higher in volume and 61 per cent superior in value than that imported in December 2017.

Graph 2: American imports of frozen catfish and tilapia fillets
(HS 0304620020), 2014–2018, tonnes and thousands USD

Source: FAS-USDA/FIS.com

In 2018 they amounted to 94,200 tonnes for USD 424,181,000, which is 10 per cent lower than in volume but 18 per cent higher in value than that in the previous year.

Graph 3: American imports of frozen catfish and tilapia fillets
(HS 0304620020), January-December 2014–2018

Source: FAS-USDA/FIS.com

By DGA

www.fis.com