More than 600,000 tons of oysters are produced globally each year.

Oyster trade stays stable

Rob Fletcher
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The US, Japan and Hong Kong are the three main importers – taking 19%, 13% and 12% of world imports respectively. France, the fourth largest importer, bought 800 tonnes more in 2014 compared with the previous year (+15%).

 

The main suppliers are the Republic of Korea, with 9,300 tonnes (18% market share) followed by China (16%) and France (16%).

 

Pacific oysters from the Australian company Angel Oysters have been approved for the Friend of the Sea environmental certification. The company’s oysters are farmed in the waters of Smoky Bay, a coastal hamlet on the South Australian Eyre Peninsula. The company already holds the ecolabel NASAA (National Association for Sustainable Agriculture, Australia) Certified Organic.

 

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