Russia: There are no plans to impose a ban on caviar exports

Russia's caviar production is projected to decrease to 11-13 thousand tons due to reduced salmon catch, but a deficit is not expected. The country's salmon catch has increased fourfold since 2015, and domestic red fish production for the market is expected to reach 250 thousand tons by 2030. The share of salmon in total aquaculture production is expected to grow to 42% by 2030. The government is considering abolishing export duties on ivasi and pollock. The fishing ban on roach will be extended until 2025.

"We don't see such a need now," he said. According to his estimates, the volume of caviar production will decrease to 11-13 thousand tons. But Russians are definitely not threatened by a caviar deficit, he assured. Last year, red caviar production amounted to more than 22 thousand tons - this is the highest figure since 2010. In 2023, Russia managed to catch 609 thousand tons of salmon, which was the second result after the record-breaking 2018 (676 thousand tons). But salmon catch figures are usually compared in even and odd years. In 2022, the catch amounted to 272 thousand tons. In 2024, as of September 10, 215.4 thousand tons of red fish were caught in the Far East. Earlier, the All-Russian Association of Fishery Industrialists (VARPE) estimated that caviar consumption in the Russian Federation in the last five years was 15-20 thousand tons per year. Since 2015, the production of red fish in Russia has increased fourfold, according to experts from the Center for Industry ...