Canada to China · Export Desk
Your catch. Our buyer.
China's premium.
You catch and pack. We handle everything between your wharf and a paid invoice: the buyer relationship in China, GACC and CFIA certification, cold chain logistics, and a payment structure that protects you before product ever leaves your dock.
See what China pays for your catch How it works
Success-based · Nothing upfront GACC / CIFER · Decree 280 CFIA export pathway Tariff window open to end 2026
Buying now
Strong demand for Canadian flatfish: turbot, flounder and halibut
Our buyer in China is purchasing whole flatfish at multiple-container volume, and product flash frozen offshore grades to the top of the market. If you land turbot (sold in China as Greenland halibut), flounder, sole or halibut, this is the moment to sell into China: the market wants whole fish, reefer containers reach any major Chinese port, and the tariff window is open through the end of 2026.
What we take off your plate
A complete export operation, without building one
Selling into China normally means finding a buyer you can trust, registering your establishment with Chinese customs, certifying every shipment with CFIA, booking cold chain freight, and hoping the wire actually arrives. Most harvesters and independent processors do not have a person for that. Now you do.
We run a dedicated Canada-to-China export desk. On the Canadian side, we manage the paperwork, the certification pathway and the freight. On the Chinese side, our in-country partner manages the buyer relationship in person and in language. You keep doing the thing you are good at: landing quality product and packing it to spec.
A vetted buyer, already at the table
Not a directory or a lead list. A specific volume buyer in China that we met in person and vetted, purchasing at container scale on a recurring basis. When your product is ready, the conversation on the other end is already open.
You get paid before product leaves your control
Every deal is structured so your payment position is secured before the product leaves your dock. If a buyer will not commit to terms that protect you, the deal does not happen. See exactly how the mechanism works.
Success-based. Nothing upfront.
We earn a disclosed commission on completed deals only. No retainers, no listing fees, no charges for quotes or paperwork. If your product does not sell and ship, you owe nothing, which means our incentive is identical to yours.
Compliance handled end to end
GACC registration under Decree 280, CIFER filings, CFIA export certification, health certificates, labelling and HS codes. We navigate the entire pathway and coordinate each step with the authorities that issue the documents.
How it works
From first call to paid invoice, step by step
No commitments are asked of you until you have seen real numbers and real terms. Here is the whole process:
- Tell us what you land. Species, volumes, seasons, current processing capability. A short conversation is enough for us to give you an honest read on what the China market pays for your product.
- We confirm the buyer and the spec. We take your product profile to the buyer and come back with a concrete spec sheet and price basis: grades, forms, glaze, packaging, delivery schedule. You decide if the numbers work before anything is caught, cut or boxed.
- We run the export. Certification pathway, health certificates, documentation, and the right freight lane. Live product moves by air with oxygen-supported packing; frozen product moves by temperature-controlled reefer container to any major Chinese port.
- You get paid on secured terms. The payment structure is agreed before the product moves, so your position is protected while the container is on the water. We settle our commission from the completed deal, not from your pocket.
Species we move
What the China market is buying from Canada
Chinese demand for Canadian seafood is broader than most suppliers realize, and right now some of the strongest pull is in categories Canadian boats already land every season.
Live lobster remains the flagship: a banquet and gifting staple with demand that spikes around Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival. Alongside it, the market is paying well for flat species and groundfish, including turbot (sold in China as Greenland halibut), Atlantic and Pacific halibut, flounder and sole. Chinese buyers generally want these as whole fish rather than fillets, and product that is flash frozen offshore, at sea within hours of the catch, grades to the top of the market. Frozen loads ship by reefer container to any major Chinese port, so distance from Vancouver or Halifax is not the obstacle it appears to be. Capelin adds a volume play for boats in that fishery, and premium shellfish such as geoduck, sea cucumber and urchin carry some of the highest unit prices in the trade.
Live Lobster
The flagship. Live Atlantic lobster is a banquet centrepiece in China, and an animal that arrives strong commands a premium frozen product never will.
Snow Crab
Frozen sections, graded and glazed to the buyer's spec. Consistency from lot to lot is what the market pays for.
Turbot / Greenland Halibut
Known in the market as Greenland halibut. Rich, high-fat flesh with deep demand in northern China, shipped whole and frozen.
Halibut (Atlantic & Pacific)
Atlantic and Pacific halibut both travel well as whole frozen fish, and the size grades Chinese buyers want are exactly what Canadian boats land.
Capelin
A volume fishery with a steady processing market in China. Roe content and size grading set the price conversation.
Ten species, both coasts
Snow crab, Dungeness, geoduck, sea cucumber, urchin, flounder and more. If China buys it and you land it, we should talk.
Unbroken cold chain, dock to Chinese port
The opportunity in front of you
We get your product into China while pricing favours Canada
China's 25% tariff on Canadian aquatic products was suspended on March 1, 2026, and the suspension currently runs to the end of 2026. That puts Canadian seafood back at competitive prices in the world's largest seafood market, right now.
What that means for you is simple: a load that cleared Chinese customs last year at a 25% disadvantage now lands at full value. Our job is to compress the time between your first call and your first container so that your product earns inside this window. We keep the tariff picture current, dated and sourced, so you are never guessing about the rules your money depends on.
Who you are working with
An export desk on both sides of the Pacific
Exporting to China is a relationship business conducted in two languages, two legal systems and two food safety regimes. We built the operation to match.
Canadian desk, Chinese presence
An Ontario-registered company with named people on the Canadian side, and a partner on the ground in China who manages the buyer relationship in person, in language and in market. Deals are worked from both ends at once. About the operation.
Compliance you can verify
Our export pathway pages name the actual regimes involved, including Decree 280, CIFER and CFIA export certification, and link to the government sources behind them. You can check every claim we make against the primary documents. Review the export pathway.
Container scale for independent operators
Volume buyers deal in containers, and most independent harvesters do not fill one alone. We consolidate compatible supply across Canadian operators so a mid-size landing participates in container-scale pricing. How aggregation works.
Flatfish demand in China is strong right now.
Our buyer is purchasing halibut, flounder and turbot at multiple-container volume: whole fish, flash frozen offshore. Tell us what you land and get a real price read, with nothing owed unless your product sells and ships.