Despite efforts to levy duties on pangasius imports into the United States to level the playing field with domestic catfish, prices for Vietnam swai, or pangasius, remain well below their American counterparts, and one retailer says that makes the choice easy for most customers.
Prices for U.S.-grown catfish were running between USD 2.75 (EUR 2.04) and USD 3 (EUR 2.23) a pound for whole, fresh dressed fish, with fillet prices averaging about USD 3.70 (EUR 2.74) in the first part of September. F…