February 9, 2014
According to the department of Liaoning Marine Fisheries, Liaoninghad exported aquaculture products to 104 countries last year,with Japan, United States, European Union, South Korea and Brazil as its major exporting countries.
Japan, United States and South Korea are the three major traditional markets for exporting Liaoning's aquaculture products, while Asia, North America and Europe accounted for 89.6% of the total exports.
Liaoning mainly exports marine fish and shellfish; frozen salmon, chilled andfresh live clams, and dried salted scallops are itsmost popular exporting aquaculture products. Frozen salmon exports had grown by 49.7% year-on-year, chilled and fresh live clams exports grew by 15.4% and dried salted scallops exports grew by 30.9%.
Dalianand Dandong are the main cities that supplyaquaculture products for exports in Liaoning. The formeraccounted for 78.2% of the province's total aquaculture exports.