Is Russia's seafood ban backfiring?

The ban on seafood imports from the EU, United States, Canada, Norway and Australia has made access to the Russian market more complicated than ever, with fish products having to be exported to other countries, or imported into Russia in a roundabout way.

This situation has also decreased demand for Russian fish on the global seafood market.

In general, Russia’s import and export practices are more than ineffective. In addition to the fact that other countries are buying frozen seafood from Russian producers and then reselling that same processed seafood back to Russia, the pricing policy is extremely unfavorable.

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