Economic impacts for Scottish and UK seafood industries post-Brexit: report

The report presents findings from research examining the possible impacts of EU exit on Scottish and UK seafood industries.


Appendix F: List of Key Trade Partners by Species

The UK’s key trade partners for each species are shown in Table F.1 below. These show the sum of trade values over the period 2013–2015 in $000, from the UN Comtrade database. The countries included in the model for each species are shown in bold.

Table F.1. Key Trade Partners by Species

Export Import
Country Value ($000) Share Country Value ($000) Share
Cod
EU27 Members 123,894.13 91.67% Iceland 408,138.43 26.69%
Nigeria 7,348.05 5.44% EU27 Members 313,325.20 20.49%
China 850.27 0.63% China 310,498.65 20.30%
UAE 785.11 0.58% Russian Fed. 172,846.75 11.30%
Norway 707.66 0.52% Norway 172,833.14 11.30%
Canada 445.04 0.33% Faeroe Islands 114,450.26 7.48%
Australia 315.03 0.23% Greenland 14,153.20 0.93%
Faeroe Islands 177.97 0.13% Canada 11,649.91 0.76%
Saudi Arabia 119.19 0.09% Viet Nam 7,223.93 0.47%
Iceland 118.60 0.09% Thailand 3,829.89 0.25%
Total 134,761.03 99.71% 1,528,949.36 99.98%
World 135,149.88 100.00% World 1,529,237.47 100.00%
Countries in model as % of total trade 97.11% 97.57%
Crab
EU27 Members 212,425.69 86.11% EU27 Members 32,772.19 35.04%
China 21,675.35 8.79% Indonesia 23,204.73 24.81%
China,
Hong Kong SAR
7,078.07 2.87% Viet Nam 17,888.78 19.13%
Viet Nam 1,338.61 0.54% Thailand 9,405.35 10.06%
Norway 1,220.99 0.49% China 2,595.48 2.77%
Other Asia, nes 941.14 0.38% Norway 2,093.73 2.24%
UAE 427.45 0.17% Sri Lanka 1,866.08 2.00%
Australia 271.50 0.11% India 1,807.55 1.93%
New Zealand 265.14 0.11% Canada 1,089.35 1.16%
Rep. of Korea 247.93 0.10% USA 413.88 0.44%
Total 245,891.87 99.67% Total 93,137.13 99.58%
World 246,694.46 100.00% World 93,531.03 100.00%
Countries in model as % of total trade 97.76% 91.81%
Haddock
EU27 Members 8,497.10 74.04% Iceland 147,361.76 26.48%
China 819.16 7.14% EU27 Members 120,284.73 21.62%
Canada 607.83 5.30% Norway 110,952.94 19.94%
Norway 352.67 3.07% China 80,065.19 14.39%
USA 331.57 2.89% Russian Fed. 58,307.28 10.48%
UAE 330.17 2.88% Faeroe Islands 35,228.88 6.33%
Iceland 324.24 2.83% Greenland 2,791.22 0.50%
Singapore 98.73 0.86% Canada 740.22 0.13%
Australia 82.49 0.72% Viet Nam 325.04 0.06%
Japan 12.20 0.11% USA 316.15 0.06%
Total 11,456.14 99.82% Total 556,373.41 99.98%
World 11,477.05 100.00% World 556,460.22 100.00%
Countries in model as % of total trade 98.13% 99.23%
Hake
EU27 Members 58,870.31 99.77% South Africa 20,191.39 45.34%
Saudi Arabia 76.73 0.13% USA 9,121.04 20.48%
UAE 40.30 0.07% EU27 Members 7,756.70 17.42%
Ukraine 18.20 0.03% Argentina 4,228.73 9.49%
Argentina 0.00 0.00% Namibia 1,074.70 2.41%
Canada 0.00 0.00% Norway 680.40 1.53%
China 0.00 0.00% Peru 588.79 1.32%
Ecuador 0.00 0.00% China 432.13 0.97%
Faeroe Islands 0.00 0.00% Uruguay 167.98 0.38%
Mauritania 0.00 0.00% Mauritania 157.71 0.35%
Total 59,005.55 100.00% Total 44,399.57 99.69%
World 59,005.55 100.00% World 44,536.79 100.00%
Countries in model as % of total trade 99.77% 92.73%
Herring (Note: Does not include adjustment for UK landings to foreign ports.)
EU27 Members 120,619.27 71.02% EU27 Members 63,329.98 86.77%
Nigeria 29,148.95 17.16% Norway 8,258.29 11.31%
China 5,102.67 3.00% Iceland 722.34 0.99%
Egypt 3,212.84 1.89% Faeroe Islands 517.64 0.71%
Ghana 2,520.71 1.48% Canada 102.09 0.14%
USA 2,174.89 1.28% Myanmar (Burma) 42.00 0.06%
Russian Federation 1,227.33 0.72% Turkey 6.22 0.01%
Japan 1,002.34 0.59% India 4.44 0.01%
Nicaragua 695.38 0.41% Thailand 3.58 0.00%
Cote d'Ivoire 652.91 0.38% Australia 0.00 0.00%
Total 166,357.30 97.95% Total 72,986.57 100.00%
World 169,831.70 100.00% World 72,986.57 100.00%
Countries in model as % of total trade 91.19% 98.08%
Mackerel (Note: Does not include adjustment for UK landings to foreign ports.)
EU27 Members 234,483.56 55.72% EU27 Members 187,549.39 90.58%
Nigeria 57,391.40 13.64% Norway 13,200.13 6.38%
Russian Fed. 46,844.74 11.13% Morocco 3,143.47 1.52%
China 23,345.95 5.55% Thailand 1,370.56 0.66%
Ukraine 19,433.83 4.62% China 848.83 0.41%
Norway 12,413.54 2.95% Iceland 476.31 0.23%
Japan 7,825.23 1.86% India 190.13 0.09%
Other Asia, nes 3,730.74 0.89% Ecuador 76.44 0.04%
Australia 3,320.79 0.79% Greenland 69.33 0.03%
Egypt 2,065.12 0.49% Viet Nam 47.71 0.02%
Total 410,854.88 97.62% Total 206,972.30 99.96%
World 420,861.14 100.00% World 207,058.96 100.00%
Countries in model as % of total trade 93.60% 96.95%
Nephrops
EU27 Members 432,122.87 92.18% EU27 Members 41,393.70 71.30%
China 15,829.41 3.38% China 11,209.65 19.31%
India 9,489.03 2.02% Viet Nam 3,207.05 5.52%
Rest of World 6,754.32 1.44% India 1,491.84 2.57%
Viet Nam 3,910.45 0.83% Faeroe Islands 379.44 0.65%
Japan 285.83 0.06% Iceland 274.26 0.47%
Myanmar (Burma) 181.63 0.04% Norway 59.41 0.10%
Rep. of Korea 68.96 0.01% Myanmar (Burma) 41.24 0.07%
Switzerland 44.52 0.01% China, Hong Kong SAR 0.00 0.00%
Mexico 38.49 0.01% Japan 0.00 0.00%
Total 468,725.52 99.99% Total 58,056.58 100.00%
World 468,794.88 100.00% World 58,056.58 100.00%
Countries in model as % of total trade 95.55% 98.70%
Saithe
EU27 Members 24,380.45 99.74% Iceland 8,777.34 62.10%
Canada 33.07 0.14% EU27 Members 3,105.37 21.97%
Faeroe Islands 25.93 0.11% Norway 913.07 6.46%
Norway 4.29 0.02% Faeroe Islands 805.66 5.70%
China 0.00 0.00% China 375.04 2.65%
Iceland 0.00 0.00% Russian Federation 134.55 0.95%
Rest of World 0.00 0.00% Viet Nam 23.47 0.17%
Russian Federation 0.00 0.00% Canada 0.00 0.00%
Viet Nam 0.00 0.00% Rest of World 0.00 0.00%
Total 24,443.74 100.00% Total 14,134.50 100.00%
World 24,443.74 100.00% World 14,134.50 100.00%
Countries in model as % of total trade 99.74% 98.88%
Salmon
EU27 Members 1,161,465 43.22% EU27 Members 824,751 63.06%
USA 962,807 35.83% Faeroe Islands* 676,709
China 268,464 9.99% USA 278,381 21.29%
Other Asia, nes 39,502 1.47% China 75,920 5.80%
UAE 35,791 1.33% Canada 61,367 4.69%
Canada 28,874 1.07% Norway 28,507 2.18%
China, Hong Kong SAR 28,233 1.05% Chile 23,725 1.81%
Switzerland 26,286 0.98% Iceland 4,157 0.32%
Viet Nam 23,867 0.89% Switzerland 3,271 0.25%
Lebanon 20,891 0.78% Thailand 3,175 0.24%
Total 2,596,180 96.62% Total 1,979,964
World 2,687,084 100.00% World 1,984,565
World
(excluding FI)
1,307,855 100.00%
Countries in model as % of total trade 92.16% 94.84%
* Faeroe Islands trade with the UK has been removed from the model, as it is almost exclusively shipped into a Scottish port for almost immediate re-export to the EU.
Scallop
EU27 Members 448,156.86 99.52% USA 44,053.01 38.32%
Rest of World 445.97 0.10% EU27 Members 40,921.24 35.59%
Norway 404.04 0.09% Canada 13,670.84 11.89%
USA 381.38 0.08% Peru 5,902.61 5.13%
Seychelles 176.61 0.04% Argentina 5,099.89 4.44%
UAE 148.37 0.03% Japan 4,652.57 4.05%
Iceland 126.87 0.03% Russian Fed. 423.17 0.37%
China, Hong Kong SAR 102.12 0.02% Norway 234.24 0.20%
Mauritius 84.61 0.02% India 9.90 0.01%
Switzerland 80.21 0.02% Aruba 0.00 0.00%
Total 450,107.03 99.95% Total 114,967.46 100.00%
World 450,319.51 100.00% World 114,967.46 100.00%
Countries in model as % of total trade 99.52% 99.42%

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