The United States imported 263,895 metric tons (MT) of shrimp in the first six months of this year, down slightly on the 267,446 MT that that the market brought in during the corresponding period of 2015, according to the latest statistics from NOAA Fisheries.
Indonesia was the U.S. market’s No. 1 supplier during H1 2016 with 58,454 MT, followed closely by India with 53,970 MT, and then Ecuador and Thailand with 37,132 MT and 33,232 MT respectively. Of these countries, only Thailand supplied …
