Blogs, Bytes and Reports
The Shrimp Insights Blogs and Bytes are free publications which if you are on my mailing list are delivered to your inbox. Blogs are in-depth reports on specific topics that are relevant to the industry. Bytes are quick trade data updates of the major shrimp-producing and consuming nations. My publications never get technical. I'm not technical myself. The publications are therefore easy to read and digest but at the same time support you quickly enhance your understanding of the global shrimp industry.
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Blog: INDIA: IS BLACK REALLY GOING TO BE BACK?
In October 2019, the Indian government permitted Moana Technologies from Hawaii and Aquaculture de la Mahajambre (known as Aqualma, and part of the Unima group) from Madagascar to supply specific pathogen-free (SPF) black tiger (P. monodon) broodstock to India. Likely due to COVID-19, it took until...
Blog: VIETNAM’S L. VANNAMEI EXPORTS CONSIDERABLY UP AND ECUADOR’S COMPETITION IN RETAIL HERE TO STAY
In the previous weeks, I’ve shared my thoughts with you about the developments in India and Indonesia in 2020 as well as my outlook for both countries in 2021 and beyond. In this blog, we will look at Vietnam’s performance in 2020 and my outlook for the country for 2021 and beyond. To round up this...
Blog: INDIAN EXPORTS AND PRODUCTION IN 2020 SEVERELY HIT BUT OUTLOOK STILL BULLISH
Let’s dive straight in. India hasn’t managed to increase its shrimp output in 2020. Depending on the source, India’s production is believed to have dropped from the 2019 level of somewhere between 780,000 and 800,000 metric tons (MT) to anywhere between 650,000 and 700,000 MT in 2020. COVID-19...
Blog: INDONESIA'S 2020 PRODUCTION MOST LIKELY STABLE AT BEST BUT EXPORTS SIGNIFICANTLY UP
I had initially planned to write one long blog in March discussing the latest data on production and exports in India, Indonesia and Vietnam. However, when writing my review and outlook for Indonesia, I realized that it was going to be a long one and that it simply would not do to keep you waiting...
Blog: BROODSTOCK: MY 2020/2021 MARKET REVIEW AND OUTLOOK
Ok, this is going to be a long one, but it will surely be worth your time! Last year, I published the Shrimp Insights Report Series “L. Vannamei Broodstock Report”, and it’s been downloaded more than 1,100 times so far. According to some of my readers, it’s the most comprehensive report on this...
Blog: BLACK TIGER SHRIMP: MAINSTREAM TURNED NICHE
My friends in Bangladesh are always so proud of their tigers. When talking about these tigers, they proudly say they actually have two tigers, both native to their country. The most famous one is the Bengali tiger, whose habitat is the famous Sundarbans forest. The lesser known of the two is the...
Blog: MY LATEST FORECAST ON INDIAN SHRIMP EXPORTS
In September 2020, India’s shrimp export volume exceeded September 2019 by 1%. This was the first time since March that India’s exporters managed to exceed 2019’s monthly performance. Between March and August 2020, monthly exports were lagging behind 2019’s exports by an average of 19%. Overall...
Blog: REFLECTIONS ON 2020 SHRIMP IMPORTS IN THE EU, THE US AND CHINA
Oh boy, has the shrimp market been difficult to read. In this blog, I will reflect on whether my forecasts about the impact of Covid-19 on global shrimp demand and supply have been right or wrong. It was, and still is, so hard to read the shrimp market in such a period of global crisis. Writing this...
Blog: WILL THE PHILIPPINES HIT 120,000 MT OF L. VANNAMEI SHRIMP IN 2022?
In an article in Aqua Culture Asia Pacific, Zuridah Merican reported that industry representatives in the Philippines were bullish about 2019 L. vannamei production. They anticipated that L. vannamei production would reach 60,000 to 70,000 MT. Driven by the development of new farms in Mindanao and...
Blog: WILL INDONESIA INCREASE ITS SHRIMP EXPORTS BY 250% IN 2024?
In an article published by Indonesia-based Antara news, an Indonesian government official stated that Indonesia will bump up its L. vannamei export value by 250% from 2020 to 2024. With an estimated export volume of 168,000 MT L. vannamei in 2019 this would result in an export of around 420,000 MT L...
Blog: REFLECTIONS ON INDIAN SHRIMP IN COVID-19 DOMINATED 2020
India is one of the countries most affected by Covid-19: almost 1.5 million cases have been confirmed, more than 32,000 people have died and almost 50,000 new cases are registered every day. For the shrimp industry, the consequences were at their most severe when the country went into full lockdown...
Blog: Careful predictions about the impact of Covid-19 on P. vannamei demand
Sitting at home, I’ve been trying to wrap my mind around the impact that Covid-19 is going to have on global shrimp demand. I’ve been wondering whether increased retail sales would compensate for reduced food service sales and whether the abruption of logistics at origin would result in a shortage...