date:May 26, 2014
nificant given seafood purchasing was otherwise boosted by the Chinese New Year rush, notes the statement: the annual traditional festival this year fell at the end of January. The fall is attributed to the governments ongoing campaign against official waste.
Nonetheless, prices for imported species appear to remain solid (though in part prices were dictated by international trends) lobsters, salmon and oysters rose by between 6 percent and 30 percent according to the Shanghai data while abalo