Surimi producers are looking ahead to another difficult year, with bad weather and high prices dampening consumption throughout western Europe.
About 129,000 metric tons of surimi are sold in western Europe, according to a recent presentation by Jean-Luc Beliveau, who heads research and development at French producer Alliance Ocean, at the Surimi Forum in Astoria, Oregon.
France is the biggest market in all of western Europe with a 47 percent share or 61,000 metric tons sold in 2012, followed by Spain with 40,000 metric tons.
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