During Week 24 (June 8–12), wholesale prices for imported live crustaceans in Shanghai continued to decline, with American lobster, snow crab, Dungeness crab, brown crab, and Vietnamese spiny lobster all under pressure. Weak terminal demand, increased arrivals, and destocking by traders remain the main drivers of the downturn.
Dutch seafood processor Norwegian Seafood Group is accelerating its salmon sashimi processing network, planning "clean rooms" in Europe, the US and China, with a China entity already set up in Shanghai and orders targeted before Chinese New Year. Norway's salmon exports to China rose 63% year-on-year in the first two months of 2026, approaching 200,000 tonnes on a rolling 12-month basis.
During Week 24 (June 8–12), wholesale prices for imported live crustaceans in Shanghai continued to decline, with American lobster, snow crab, Dungeness crab, brown crab, and Vietnamese spiny lobster all under pressure. Weak terminal demand, increased arrivals, and destocking by traders remain the main drivers of the downturn.
Dutch seafood processor Norwegian Seafood Group is accelerating its salmon sashimi processing network, planning "clean rooms" in Europe, the US and China, with a China entity already set up in Shanghai and orders targeted before Chinese New Year. Norway's salmon exports to China rose 63% year-on-year in the first two months of 2026, approaching 200,000 tonnes on a rolling 12-month basis.
