Softer Chinese demand forces Irish seafood exporters to return focus to EU

Irish seafood exports to China have fallen thus far in 2022. Between January and August 2022, Ireland’s seafood exports to China – a category that includes Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan – were valued at EUR 19 million (USD 18.6 million), an 8 percent year-over-year decline, according to data from Bord Bia, Ireland’s food marketing agency Bord Bia. Yet during the same period, Irish shellfish shipments to China rose by 11 percent to EUR 9.9 million (USD 9.9 million), even as shipments of what Bord…