1. Hva skjer i Kina:
Økonomisk utvikling og konsekvenser
for sjømatindustrien
Jinghua Xie
Tromsø Business School, University of Tromsø
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2. Chinese Import of White Fish
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3. Main Exporting Countries to China
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4. Chinese Export of White Fish
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5. Chinese Export of Salted Fish
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6. Processing
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7. Aquatic Product Processing Industry
黑龙 1017
江
353
吉
新 林
疆 Liaoning 1942
甘 内蒙
肃 古
天 665
宁
青 夏 山 Shandong
海 西 2198
陕 河
西 西 南
藏 安
四川 徽
重庆 Zhejiang 369
江
湖南 西
贵州 Fujian
云南
i
Guangdong 1156
1174
Number of processing companies 399
135
Number of above-scale companies
(annual production capacity more
than 5 million tons)
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9.  Yield rate
Pollock: 67%-72%
Cod: 75%-80%.
In general: 70%
 Cost
Total: $1010-$1060/T
Labor: 49%
Water& electricity: 10%.
 Profit
Maximum: $100-200/T
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10. Import price of Cost of raw fish in
Atlantic cod value of frozen
processing fillets ($3333-3867)
($2500-2900)
Processing cost: $1010-$1060/T
Processing
Expected export price of frozen fillet
($4343-4877)
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11. 2012 Cod
($4343-4877)
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12. Increasing Wage Cost
The Tr end of W ker s’ Aver age W i n Aquat i c Pr oduct
or age
Pr ocessi ng Ent er pr i ses f r om 2007 t o 2012 i n Shandong
Pr ovi nce
3500
3000
2500
age ( ￥)
2000
1500
W
1000
500
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
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13. 2013 Cod
($4441-4975)
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14. Import price of Cost of raw fish in
pollock processing value of frozen fillets
($1300-1400) ($1733-1867)
Processing cost: $1010-$1060
Processing
Expected export price of frozen fillet
($2743-2877)
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15. 2012 Pollock
($2743-2877)
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16. Consumption
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17. Per Capita Seafood Consumption in
Urban China
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18. Urbanization Rate
Source: http://datacenter.cngrain.com/IndexMacroEcoView.aspx?MId=11&IId=32
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19. Seafood consumptions for the whole
population in selected eastern and
western countries
Source: FAO 2002 in Clarke, S. (2004)
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20. Chinese Import of Salmon from Norway
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21. Chinese Import of Crab
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23. Carrefour in China
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24. KFC in China
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25. KFC (yum) in China
Source
http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/19/news/companies/thebuzz/
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26. Sushi in China
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27. Conclusion
1.Chinese processing industry is
earning tiny profit or is losing money.
2.Only high-value added processing
sector will remain in China in the next
years.
3.Domestic consumption for imported
high quality seafood is increasing.
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28. Thank you!
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