Hong Kong crustaceans export quantities and HS Codes
In 2019 Hong Kong shipped 210 tonnes of crustaceans. For 2019 alone, the interest in Hong Kong crustaceans (seafood category) has decreased, changing by -35.385 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, crustaceans' exports went down by -21.35% earning the exporter US$5.62m for the year 2019. Hong Kong's crustaceans exports are classified as:
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption, fresh or chilled (HS code 030639)
- Frozen crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked beforehand by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); frozen flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030619)
- Crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030629)
- Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster) (HS code 160540)
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, fit for human consumption (HS code 030699)
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Hong Kong crustaceans export values
In 2019, Hong Kong supplied crustaceans worth 5.62m USD, a reduction of -24.78% from 2018's total crustaceans export of 7.471m USD. The annual reduction in value of Hong Kong crustaceans between 2017 to 2018 was 14.498%.
The yearly change in the volume of Hong Kong's crustaceans exports between 2017 and 2019 was -21.35 per cent when compared to a variation of -35.385% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Hong Kong's portion of the world's total crustaceans' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Hong Kong is ranked position 23 in world exports of crustaceans.
Export markets for Hong Kong crustaceans ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Hong Kong is a net importer of crustaceans. The annual growth of Hong Kong crustaceans in value between 2015 to 2019 was 40%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was %, per annum.
Hong Kong bought 1,541 tonnes of crustaceans in 2019.
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