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Guides, market thinking and trade news for Canadian suppliers selling into China, written to be useful, dated where it matters, and honest about what's known and what isn't.
Everything here exists to answer one working question: how does a Canadian harvester, plant or regional exporter get product into China and get paid? The pillar guide below is the place to start; the five categories underneath carve the rest of the library by the question you're actually holding.
Start here: the pillar guide
How to Export Seafood to China from Canada: The 2026 Starting Guide
The full pathway from SFC licence to a container clearing Chinese customs: the pillar guide for Canadian harvesters and processors.
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Five ways into the library
Exporting to China
The compliance spine: how Canadian seafood legally enters China. GACC registration under Decree 280, CIFER, CFIA export requirements, health certificates, labelling and codes, explained in plain language for harvesters and processors.
Exporting to ChinaMarket & Pricing
What Chinese buyers want, what drives the prices they pay, and how a Canadian supplier should think about premiums, commissions and timing, using public data rather than invented numbers.
Market & PricingShipping & Cold Chain
How product physically reaches China intact: reefer ocean freight for frozen, live-hold and air freight for live, at-sea versus onshore processing, and why an unbroken cold chain decides whether a load is accepted.
Shipping & Cold ChainSpecies Guides
Per-species export profiles for the Canadian products China buys: lobster, crab, geoduck, turbot and more. Seasons, forms, grading and what the market pays a premium for.
Species GuidesTrade & Tariff News
The Canada–China trade picture as it affects seafood: the 2025 tariff, the 2026 suspension, the end-2026 clock, and what each move means for suppliers. Dated and sourced.
Trade & Tariff NewsAll articles
Canada–China Seafood Trade: Latest Updates
What the Suspended Aquatic-Product Tariffs Mean for Canadian Suppliers
Canada–China Seafood Tariffs: The 2026 Status (and the End-2026 Clock)
Sea Cucumber & Sea Urchin: Exporting Canadian Delicacies to China
From Dock to Chinese Port: The Journey of a Reefer Container
Why Chinese New Year & Mid-Autumn Move Canadian Seafood Prices
Halibut, Flounder & Groundfish: Exporting Canadian Flatfish to China
Health Certificates, Labelling & HS Codes: The Paperwork That Travels With Your Shipment
Shipping Live Lobster & Geoduck to China: How They Arrive Alive
How to Choose a Seafood Export Partner: Questions Every Supplier Should Ask
Turbot (Greenland Halibut): A Groundfish Export Guide
CFIA Export Requirements for Selling Seafood to China
Keeping the Cold Chain Unbroken: How Frozen Seafood Reaches China
The Small Processor's Guide to Reaching Big Chinese Buyers
How to Get Your Plant GACC-Registered: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough
At-Sea vs Onshore Processing: What It Means for Your Export
How to Price Your Catch for the China Market (Without Guessing)
GACC Registration Explained for Canadian Seafood Processors
Reefer vs Live: Choosing How to Ship Your Catch to China
What Drives Chinese Prices for Canadian Lobster, Crab & Groundfish
Exporting Live Lobster to China: A Canadian Harvester's Guide
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.