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This market reports focuses on tilapia fillets in the US. It deals with harvests, prices, markets and imports of the species.
1. NORTH AMERICA
1.1 United States
Tilapia
Price
In September, the average price of imported fresh fillets at Customs was similar on that of the previous month and down 4% on that of September 2018. The price of frozen products was USD 3,587/kg down 7% on that of August and 8% to that of September 2018.
Table 1: Average CIF price at USD Customs of frozen fillets imports
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Product
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Price
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Var. % Sep/19 Aug/19
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Price Sep/18
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Var. % Sep/19 Sep/18
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Sep/19
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Aug/19
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Fresh fillets
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7,271
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7,241
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0%
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7,610
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-4%
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Frozen fillets
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3,587
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3,848
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-7%
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3,880
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-8%
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Source: FAS-USDA
Graph 1: Average CIF price in customs for tilapia fillets, in USD/t, 2014-2018
Source: FAS-USDA
Markets
In September imports of fresh fillets were 1,550 tons for USD 11,270,000, 5% lower volume and value than the previous month and down 13% in volume and 17% lower value than in September 2018. In the first nine months of the year they totaled 15,522 tons and USD 114,317,000, 6% less in volume and 12% less in value than in 2018.
Graph 2: US imports of fresh tilapia fillets (HS 0304310000 and HS 0304490112), 2015-2019
Source: FAS-USDA
Imports of frozen fillets reached 10,579 tonnes, worth USD 37,950,000 CIF at Customs. These figures are 7% higherr in volume and similar in value in relation to those of last month and 2% lower volume and 9% value than those of September. During the period, totalled 78,101 tonnes and USD 306,285,000, 7% less in volume and 8% less in value than the previous year.
Graph 3: US imports of frozen tilapia fillets (HS 0304610000), 2015-2019
Source: FAS-USDA
31,945 tons of other products (whole, H&G and eviscerated (HS 0303890040 and HS 0303230000) were also imported during the period for a CIF customs value of USD 59,846,000.
By DGA
www.fis.com
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