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Article: China: buying quality fish from China means increasing communication.(International Sourcing)
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- Seafood Business
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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The reality of today's global market is changing. It is no longer just a matter of balancing supply and demand. Quality is now the third essential element. This is playing out in a variety of industries, including toys, pharmaceuticals and food, but nowhere are the indicators more compelling than in seafood, where the major global influence is China.
As the world leader in both consumption and production of seafood--in 2006 the source of 21 percent of U.S. seafood imports--China is the essential case study about seafood quality. Tilapia is the fastest-growing U.S. imported species from China. Its share of the imported tilapia ...