The first round of new products entered U.K. retailer Waitrose and Dutch giant Albert Heijn this week and, coupled with a number of new projects for 2010, will see Viciunai’s import of surimi raw material climb 15 percent in the next year.

“If all goes well our import of raw material surimi base for 2010 should go up compared to 2009, both because of organic growth within our existing business and number of new projects that have already been agreed for 2010,” Managing Director Dirk Belmans told IntraFish.

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