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: 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...
Blog: Restaurants in Europe close. What happens to shrimp consumption?
When I drove home from my sabbatical in Spain back to The Netherlands last weekend, one country after another announced strict measures to contain the Coronavirus outbreak in Europe. After restaurants in Italy closed their doors, restaurants and bars in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands...
SPF L. vannamei BROODSTOCK REPORT
In 2019, the size of the global market for specific pathogen free (SPF) L. vannamei broodstock is estimated to be between 1.4 and 1.7 million broodstock. With an average value of $55 per animal traded in 2019, this equals a value of $77m to $95m.This first Shrimp Insights report covers 9 country profiles containing 2019 market size estimations, 15 company profiles containing 2019 market share estimations and a set of background articles. A must read report for everyone in the shrimp industry.