Trash2Cash Delrapport nr. 7.1

The Romanian market for herring roe

Delprojekt 7: Oparbejdning af pelagisk restfraktion til konsum

Infofish International Trash2Cash Delrapport nr. 7.1 The Romanian market for Herring Roe 2014

Udarbejdet af: Eurofish International

Kontakt: Marco Frederiksen, marco@frederiksen, tlf. 33 37 77 69

Rapporten er udarbejdet som led i projektet Trash2Cash Delprojekt 7: Oparbejdning af pelagisk restfraktion til konsum

Trash2Cash 2011-15

Projektholder: Nordsøen Forskerpark, Willemoesvej 2, 9850 Hirtshals [email protected], tlf. 98 94 41 88

Faglig projektledelse: Teknologisk Institut, Teknologiparken, Kongsvang Allé 29, 8000 Aarhus C [email protected], tlf. 72 20 21 31

Finansieret af: Markedsmodningsfonden Region Nordjylland Deltagende virksomheder

26 March 2014

The Romanian Market for Herring Roe

In 2013 ’s total imports of fish and fishery products were of 55.278 mil EUR and ca. 35,40 million tonnes. Of these, the imports originating from the EU represent 75% in value and 50% in volume.

CN 8 Code Product Vol (100 kg) Val (EUR)

3024100 Fresh or chilled herring "Clupea 899 89.381 harengus, Clupea pallasii"

3029000 Fresh or chilled fish livers and roes 396 275.276

3035100 Frozen herrings "Clupea harengus, 72.207 6.193.494 Clupea pallasii"

3039090 Frozen fish livers and roes 6.972 1.389.296

3049923 Frozen meat "Weather or not minced" of 2.202 257.731 herring "Clupea harengus, Clupea Pallasii" (Excl. fillets) 3052000 Fish livers and roes, dried, smoked, salted 142 221.698 or in brine

Herring is imported in small quantities, mainly frozen and mostly from the EU. Of the 7.220 tonnes of imported frozen herring, 97% were from the EU, at a value of 6,05 million EUR.

In general, there are very few quantities of herring roes imported as individual item/as such. The majority of roes used by industry are the “by-products” of the frozen herring that is imported for processing (e.g. smoking or marinating). On average, the roes make up to 8-10% of the weight of a herring and their quality is subject to the season when herring was captured.

There are a few business that import herring roes directly, mainly frozen and to a lesser extend salted. An example is the Association of Romanian Importers and Processors which imports ca. 50 tonnes of frozen herring roes per year.

In general roes are used for the preparation of salads, a product that is quite popular with the Romania consumers. However these prefer products made with roes originating from local fresh water fish (e.g. carps, pike - Esox lucius). For the preparation of salads, (herring) roes may be mixed with vegetable oil, other smoked fish, onion, vegetables, etc. On average, in the processing industry, 16-20 kg of salad can be obtained from 1 kg of herring roes.

The consumption of fish and fish products in Romania is quite low, estimated at 5,5 kg/inhabitant/year (source: FAO, quantity tin live weight). The great majority of fish and fish

1 products are sold by hyper-and chains. There is no information regarding the consumption of roes and/or roe products/salads.

In /supermarkets, roes are either sold 1) raw/salted, or under the form of 2) roe salads/prepared. A research in four supermarkets chains , , Selgros, , and 2 cities, (capital, ca. 2,0 million inhabitants) and Iasi (350.000 inhabitants, the most important town in the eastern side of the country) revealed the following products and prices.

Salted roes

This product is bought for further preparation at home. It is sold either pre-packed in 100 g plastic packaging or in bulk (at the fresh-fish counter).

Prices were EUR/kg 6,03 – 7,82 (27-35 RON/kg), in bulk; EUR/kg 8,93 (40 RON/kg) - 100 g packing); EUR/kg 11,17 (50 RON/kg) - 80 g packing, salt content: 14%.

For comparison, prices for other salted fish roes were: capelin –EUR/kg 20,10 (90 RON/kg); carp – EUR/kg 17,87 – 22,11 (80-99 RON/kg).

Roe salads

These are sold under a large variety of combinations, with different proportions of other fish, roes, vegetables, oil, spices, etc.

Prices vary from EUR/kg 2,23 – 6,25 (10 to 28 RON/kg), depending on the producers, seller/, product (e.g. roe content).

(1 EUR = 4,48 RON - www.valutakurser.dk)

Product pictures:

Salad-Bonito-350g-Carrefour- in Bucharest

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Salad-Bonito-Carrefour- in Bucharest

Salad- Miscellaneous-Auchan- in Iasi

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Salad- Miscellaneous -Carrefour- in Bucharest

Salad-300G-Carrefour- in Bucharest (Producer Negro)

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Salad-300G-Carrefour- in Bucharest (Producer Negro)

Salted-Roe-Auchan- in Iasi

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Salted-Carp roe- Selgros- in Iasi

Salted-Roe-Carrefour- in Iasi

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Salted- Herring roe- Selgros- in Iasi

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