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: Black Will Really Be Back. Big Time.
For me, the Global Shrimp Forum (GSF) session on black tiger shrimp (P. monodon) turned out to be the most insightful of all GSF sessions. After hearing so many new insights in other sessions focusing on Pacific white shrimp (L. vannamei), the seminar on black tiger shrimp and the future production...
Blog: A 2022 Update of the Shrimp Broodstock Market
Although some of you might think broodstock is not that relevant for your part of the business, I respectfully disagree. The quality of broodstock can make or break a successful crop: better genetics may reduce volatility and risks, and stability and predictability benefit the industry as a whole...
Blog: Ecuador, India, Indonesia and Vietnam: The Driving Forces behind US Shrimp Imports
This is the last blog in a series about the developments in the US marketplace and who have been responsible for the growth of US shrimp imports. In this blog I will elaborate on the top 10 (15 in the case of India) exporters from the US’s largest shrimp suppliers that have been responsible for much...
Blog: India Remains the US’s Largest Supplier of Peeled Shrimp but Ecuador Has Taken Over as Largest Supplier of Shell-On Shrimp
Building up to the Boston Seafood Show in March this year, I have decided to split this second part of my blog on the US importers into several more pieces as the NOAA’s import data and Urner Barry’s Foreign Trade Data simply provide too many insights to fit into this second part. In this part, I...
Blog: From Almost 750K MT to Almost 900K MT! Which Companies Drove 2021’s Surge of US Shrimp Imports?
First of all, happy new year to all of you who celebrated the Year of the Tiger! Let me then give a big thank you to Angel Rubio, senior analyst at Urner Barry Consulting, who provided me with most of the data for this blog from Urner Barry’s Foreign Trade Database. I encourage all of you who want...
Blog: Ecuador’s Top 3 Exporters Consolidate Market Share While Some Newcomers Show Impressive Export Numbers
In this blog, I’ll share data provided by CNA Ecuador that gives us insight into which of Ecuador’s processors are responsible for the growth of Ecuador’s exports. I will also share data provided by ASC, BAP and SSP about the effect of the drive for market diversification on the number of certified...
Blog: SRI LANKA'S RAPID TRANSITION TO L. VANNAMEI SHRIMP PRODUCTION
Shortly before leaving Seafood Tip in January 2021, I published a ShrimpTails blog about recent developments in Sri Lanka. While the country was oriented towards P. monodon, in 2019, its government approved the import and cultivation of SPF L. vannamei broodstock in specific regions and in the...
Blog: Indonesia’s Exports on Par with 2020 Shows Real-Time Data
Indonesia’s official export data normally runs significantly behind. Therefore, it’s sometimes difficult to have an up-to-date understanding of Indonesia’s shrimp export situation. In this third short October blog, I’ll look at data from Indonesia’s Fish Quarantine and Inspection Agency (FQIA/BKIPM)...
Blog: VASEP’S REPORTS REVEAL DETAILED INSIGHTS INTO VIETNAM'S L. VANNAMEI AND P. MONODON EXPORTS
In this second short October blog – read the first again here – I want to share data disclosed by the Vietnamese Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP). Every quarter, VASEP releases a report with detailed export data. VASEP reports export values (not volumes) per species based on...
Blog: INDIA'S BROODSTOCK IMPORTS: SIS GAINS MARKET SHARE
In October, there will be three shorter ShrimpInsights blog posts instead of one long one. Each will address some interesting facts that you don’t often read about, and which concern India, Vietnam, and Indonesia. This first blog reflects on India’s 2021 broodstock imports. The Shrimp blog is...
Blog: WILL INDIA'S POTENTIAL YEARLY EXPORT RECORD BE MET BY DECENT PRICES AMIDST STRONG DEMAND?
The Shrimp blog is sponsored by Grobest, Inve Aquaculture, DSM Animal Nutrition, American Penaeid Inc., Zeigler Nutrition, Aqua Pharma Group, Mega Supply, and Undercurrent News. Earlier this month, in a communication shared by Nitin Awasthi, seafood industry analyst at InCred Capital in India, that...
Blog: MYANMAR: FROM HIDDEN GEM TO TROUBLED WATERS
The Shrimp blog is sponsored by Grobest, Inve Aquaculture, DSM animal nutrition, American Penaeid Inc., Zeigler Nutrition, and Aqua Pharma Group. I traveled to Myanmar for the first time in 2012 as a business developer at Wageningen University and Research Center. At that time, Myanmar was opening...