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Where does China get its fishmeal? Import sources 2024

In 2024, China imported $3 billion of fishmeal (1.9 million tonnes), 49% of the world total. Its main sources were Peru (46%), Chile (9%) and Russia (9%). China was the world’s largest importer of fishmeal.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
1.9million tonnes
Share of world total
49%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Peru1.4Tonnes: 834,536USD per tonne: $1,67445.9%Sea
Chile0.28Tonnes: 143,068USD per tonne: $1,9259%Sea
Russia0.27Tonnes: 150,326USD per tonne: $1,8098.9%Land
Vietnam0.24Tonnes: 207,461USD per tonne: $1,1497.8%Sea
Thailand0.17Tonnes: 133,269USD per tonne: $1,2435.4%Sea
United States0.13Tonnes: 65,722USD per tonne: $1,9064.1%Sea
India0.09Tonnes: 67,908USD per tonne: $1,3953.1%Land
Mexico0.09Tonnes: 57,270USD per tonne: $1,4962.8%Sea
Mauritania0.08Tonnes: 53,689USD per tonne: $1,5392.7%Sea
Ecuador0.08Tonnes: 57,554USD per tonne: $1,3912.6%Sea
Malaysia0.04Tonnes: 37,037USD per tonne: $1,2051.5%Sea
Myanmar0.04Tonnes: 27,556USD per tonne: $1,3661.2%Land
Denmark0.03Tonnes: 12,357USD per tonne: $2,4300.99%Sea
Panama0.03Tonnes: 21,450USD per tonne: $1,2050.85%Sea
Pakistan0.02Tonnes: 22,860USD per tonne: $1,0160.76%Sea
South Africa0.02Tonnes: 14,598USD per tonne: $1,4920.72%Sea
Gambia0.02Tonnes: 10,960USD per tonne: $1,6610.6%Sea
New Zealand0.01Tonnes: 7,047USD per tonne: $1,9960.46%Sea
Norway0.01Tonnes: 5,224USD per tonne: $1,1730.2%Sea
Namibia< 0.01Tonnes: 1,994USD per tonne: $2,0330.13%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Peru was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Peru 1.4
  • Chile 0.28
  • Russia 0.27
  • Vietnam 0.24
  • Thailand 0.17

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Peru0.241.4
Chile0.010.28
Russia0.010.27
Vietnam00.24
Thailand< 0.010.17

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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