French seafood imports jumped 2.6 percent in 2016, despite significantly higher prices for the main traded species, according to the latest data from FranceAgrimer.

Overall imports amounted to 1.2 million metric tons, up from 994,800 metric tons in the previous year.

Import value jumped 8.9 percent year-on-year from €4.8 billion ($5.2 billion) to €5.2 billion ($5.6 billion).

In 2015, France bought 1.1 million metric tons of fish and seafood, worth €5.1 billion ($5.5 billion), from export partners, the volume figures were stable from the previous year, however, the value was slightly lower at €5 billion ($5.4