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World Surimi Market GLOBEFISH RESEARCH PROGRAMME World Surimi Market Volume 8 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Fish Products and Industry Division Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 9 00153 Rome, Italy Tel.:+39 06 5705 5074 Fax: +39 06 5705 5188 www.globefish.org Volume 89 World Surimi Market by Benoit VIDAL-GIRAUD Denis CHATEAU (April, 2007) The GLOBEFISH Research Programme is an activity initiated by FAO's Fish Utilisation and Marketing Service, Rome, Italy and financed jointly by: - NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service), Washington, DC, USA - FROM, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Madrid, Spain - Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Copenhagen, Denmark - European Commission, Directorate General for Fisheries, Brussels, EU - Norwegian Seafood Export Council, Tromsoe, Norway - OFIMER (Office National Interprofessionnel des Produits de la Mer et de l’Aquaculture), Paris, France - ASMI (Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute), USA - DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans), Canada Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, GLOBEFISH, Fish Products and Industry Division Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153Rome, Italy – Tel.: (39) 06570 56244 E-mail: [email protected] - Fax: (39) 0657055188 – http//:www.globefish.org i The designation employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Vidal-Giraud B.; Chateau D.; WORLD SURIMI MARKET GLOBEFISH Research Programme, Vol.89 Rome, FAO. 2007. p. 125. Surimi industrial technology developed by Japan in the early 1960s promoted the growth of the surimi industry. The successful growth of the industry was based on the Alaska pollock and walleye pollock. Subsequently, production of Alaska pollock surimi declined and was supplemented by surimi production using species other than Alaska pollock. Currently, 2-3 million metric tonnes of fish from around the world, amounting to 2-3 percent of the world fisheries supply, are used for the production of surimi and surimi-based products. Given the diversity of available information, significant uncertainty remains about global output of surimi and surimi-based products. However this study attempts to fill the gaps in information and to propose an estimate of output. Overall, it aims to provide an up-to-date and general overview rather than a detailed rundown on all aspects of the global surimi sector. It provides a general description of the production and trade of both surimi and surimi-based products by the main producer countries, as well as the main companies within each producer country. It summarizes current and future developments in the industry. The potential global growth for surimi and surimi products in huge! The United States of America and Japan are major producers of surimi and surimi-based products. Thailand has become an important producer. China’s role as producer is increasing. Many newcomers to the surimi industry have emerged, including Viet Nam, Chile, the Faeroe Islands, France and Malaysia. Given the demand to come, without a doubt, big globalized American and Asian companies will continue to invest in surimi production development. As for every producer and consumer country, the big question is “What will be the future world availability of surimi raw material and its price?” Acknowledgement : The report was edited by Linda Mitchell and the final layout version was prepared by Tony Piccolo GLOBEFISH. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Applications for such permission, with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction, should be addressed to the Director, Information Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. © FAO ii TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................1 2. THE PRODUCTION OF SURIMI........................................................................................................1 2.1. Surimi world production: general overview ................................................................. 1 2.1.1. Technology: principal aspects ................................................................................ 1 2.1.2. Raw materials: main species and new ones............................................................. 2 2.1.3. Surimi grade system ................................................................................................. 3 2.1.4. World surimi production.......................................................................................... 4 2.1.5. Surimi trade.............................................................................................................. 7 2.2. Japan............................................................................................................................. 10 2.2.1. Characteristics of production ................................................................................ 10 2.2.2. Raw material .......................................................................................................... 10 2.2.3. Surimi trade............................................................................................................ 10 2.2.4. Frozen surimi market prices .................................................................................. 13 2.2.5. Main actors ............................................................................................................ 17 2.2.6. Current and future developments........................................................................... 17 2.3. United States of America ............................................................................................. 17 2.3.1. Characteristics of production ................................................................................ 17 2.3.2. Raw material .......................................................................................................... 18 2.3.3. Surimi trade............................................................................................................ 19 2.3.4. Main actors ............................................................................................................ 20 2.3.5. Current and future developments........................................................................... 21 2.4. Thailand........................................................................................................................ 21 2.4.1. Main characteristics of production........................................................................ 21 2.4.2. Raw materials ........................................................................................................ 21 2.4.3. Surimi trade............................................................................................................ 22 2.4.4. Main actors ............................................................................................................ 25 2.4.5. Current and future developments........................................................................... 25 2.5. People’s Republic of China.......................................................................................... 25 2.5.1. Main characteristics of production........................................................................ 25 2.5.2. Raw materials ........................................................................................................ 26 2.5.3. Surimi trade............................................................................................................ 26 2.5.4. Main actors ............................................................................................................ 27 2.5.5. Current and future developments........................................................................... 27 2.6. Viet Nam ...................................................................................................................... 27 2.6.1. Main characteristics of production........................................................................ 27 2.6.2. Raw materials ........................................................................................................ 28 2.6.3. Surimi trade............................................................................................................ 28 2.6.4. Main actors ............................................................................................................ 28 2.6.5. Current and future developments........................................................................... 28 2.7. India.............................................................................................................................. 28 2.7.1. Main characteristics of production........................................................................ 28 2.7.2. Raw materials ........................................................................................................ 28 2.7.3. Surimi trade...........................................................................................................