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 catfish fillets –basa and panga- imported in April was USD 4,466/t, down 9% on that of February and up 7% on that of April 2018. In the first four months, the average was USD 4,899/t, up 24% on that of the same period last year.

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

Source: FAS-USDA/FIS.com

Market

In April, incoming volumes of frozen fillets of catfish -basa and panga- reported 2,597 tonnes, worth CIF USD 11,597,000, down 43% in volume and 49% in value on those imported in the previous month and down 57% in volume and 54% in value on those of April 2018.

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

Source: FAS-USDA/FIS.com

In the first four-month period of the year, they totalled 22,956 tonnes for USD 1112,468,000, down 7% in volume and 15% in value than in the previous year. Vietnam was the supplier of 22,375 tonnes while China was the source of 579 tonnes.

Graph 3: US imports of frozen fillets of catfish (Basa/Panga) (HS 0304620020),January-April 2015–2019

Source: FAS-USDA/FIS.com

By DGA

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