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Boston, March 13, Eastern Time – Today is the second day of International Boston Seafood Show 2006, and there are even more visitors coming to the exhibition than yesterday.
The 4-person delegation of www.foods1.com spent a very busy day at the exhibition center, as there were a great number of businessmen came to our booth and made inquiries. We were kept busy all day alone and even do not have time to drink a cup of water. Although it is a hard day for us, a sense of joy and fulfillment arise in our hearts, because we are doing a job that can benefits all seafood companies. Moreover, we are proud from the bottom of our hearts that China's aquatic companies draw great attention at the Seafood Show.
Having been making contact with seafood businessmen all over the world in the past two days, we are amazed that Chinese seafood has a tremendous influence on the world market. In the exhibition center we can find Chinese visitors and exhibitors busy with their job here and there, and often see Chinese employees of some foreign companies take charge of the exhibition affairs at the booths. We also noted that some foreign companies' brochures are printed in two languages, English and Chinese. This is definitely out of our expectation, and is a good example of the escalating status of China's seafood industry on the US domestic market.
Although the influence of China seafood industry is on the increase day by day, we also notice some of the industry's drawbacks. At present, China's seafood exports to North America are limited to only a few products, such as shrimps, fish fillets and scallops. This makes China's seafood industry venerable to the future risks. For example, the US imposed anti-dumping tariff on shrimps at the year end of 2003, which gave China's seafood industry such a heavy blow that it can hardly recovery even today. Although there is a huge demand for shrimps on the US market now and many importers are searching for shrimp suppliers, numerous Chinese shrimp exporters cannot directly export their products to the US and have to resort to other approaches.
Tomorrow is the last day of the International Boston Seafood Show 2006. Please pay attention to our upcoming reports. |
