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

1. NORTH AMERICA

1.1 United States

Catfish

Price

The average CIF price of fillets –basa and panga- imported in March was USD 4,915/t, down 1% on that of February and up 24% on that of March 20187. In the first three months, the average was USD 4,955/t, up 28% on that of the same period last year.

Graph 1: Average CIF price at US Customs of frozen fillets imports of frozen fillets of basa and panga (HS 0304620020), 2015–2019, USD/t

Source: FAS-USDA

Market

In March, 4,587 tonnes of frozen fillets of catfish (basa and panga) were entered for a CIF value of USD 22,546,000, down 30% in volume and 31% in value than that imported in the previous month and 25% lower volume and 6% value than the imported in March 2018.

Graph 2: US imports of frozen fillets of catfish (Basa/Pangasius) (HS 0304620020), 2015–2019, tonnes and thousands USD

Source: FAS-USDA

In the first quarter of the year, they totalled 20,359 tonnes for USD 100,871,000, up 9% in volume and 39% in value than in the previous year. Vietnam was the supplier of 19,779 tonnes while China was the source of 579 tonnes.

Graph 3: US imports of frozen fillets of basa and panga (HS 0304620020),January-March 2015–2019

Source: FAS-USDA

By DGA

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