Some of China’s biggest seafood traders say they expect to resume imports of Australian lobster as early as May.
| China’s seafood traders say they are confident Australian lobsters will be back on banquet tables in China by the second half of the year as Beijing prepares to wind back sanctions on $20 billion worth of exports.said on Monday they were preparing for a lifting of the unofficial ban on Australian lobster as early as May and the resumption of more direct flights to Australia.
Seafood trader Chen Dingping with Australian lobster at the Xiashang International Seafood Centre in southern China in 2020.Chen Dingping, chairman of a major seafood importer Hai Sheng Fa Sea Food Company, said he was confident he would soon be able to buy Australian lobster for the first time in more than two years.The Australian Financial ReviewMr Chen is also a director of the Xiamen Seafood Produce Association.
“It could be resumed before May 2023, but this is not confirmed by the Chinese authorities yet,” Mr Sun told theThe first public comments by major Chinese seafood importers on the issue since the ban was introduced in late 2020 was further confirmation of the industry’s confidence that Australian lobster would be welcomed back into China.
However, it is unlikely that will happen before the Lunar New Year holidays which start next week. Before the pandemic, this was the most lucrative period for the Australian lobster trade.
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