According to the United Evening News, China's frozen tilapia exports to the U.S. totalled 29,672 metric tons in 2009, while Taiwan's were 13,180 metric tons. China's frozen tilapia fillet sales to the U.S. last year hit 10,691 metric tons, far in excess of Taiwan's 2,333 metric tons.

China is now the largest tilapia exporter to the U.S., the newspaper said.

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