The United States imported 173,888 metric tons (MT) of shrimp in the first five months of this year, down significantly on the 219,878 MT that was on par with the corresponding period of 2015, according to the latest statistics from NOAA Fisheries.
Indonesia was the U.S. market’s No. 1 supplier during this period with 37,189 MT, followed closely by India with 34,875 MT, and then Ecuador and Thailand with 23,320 MT and 22,355 MT respectively. These volumes were all much lower than in the first…
