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Market & 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.

Why Chinese New Year & Mid-Autumn Move Canadian Seafood Prices

China's festival calendar concentrates premium seafood demand into windows. Miss the window, miss the premium. Here's how the timing works.

Jun 20, 2026

Why Chinese New Year & Mid-Autumn Move Canadian Seafood Prices

How to Choose a Seafood Export Partner: Questions Every Supplier Should Ask

The due-diligence checklist for vetting any export broker or partner, including us. If a partner can't answer these plainly, keep walking.

Jun 16, 2026

How to Choose a Seafood Export Partner: Questions Every Supplier Should Ask

The Small Processor's Guide to Reaching Big Chinese Buyers

Volume buyers order at container scale. Here's how small Canadian operations reach that scale together, and why aggregation changes who gets premium pricing.

Jun 12, 2026

The Small Processor's Guide to Reaching Big Chinese Buyers

How to Price Your Catch for the China Market (Without Guessing)

A framework for thinking about landed price, the China premium, costs and commission, so the conversation starts from numbers you understand.

Jun 8, 2026

How to Price Your Catch for the China Market (Without Guessing)

What Drives Chinese Prices for Canadian Lobster, Crab & Groundfish

The demand drivers behind China's prices for Canadian seafood: banquet culture, live premiums, size tiers and festival peaks. Drivers, not promises.

Jun 3, 2026

What Drives Chinese Prices for Canadian Lobster, Crab & Groundfish

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.

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