Dear reader,
The latest issue of the EUMOFA Monthly Highlights has now been published. The headline messages from this month’s market insights are below.
The issue may be downloaded as a PDF here.
The data underlying the first sales analyses in the Monthly Highlights report are available in the annex here.
With kind regards,
The EUMOFA team
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 FIRST SALES IN EUROPE
In April 2022, compared to April 2021, first sales increased in France in both value and volume, though the change in volume was small and had no real significance. Read more.
Access the most recent weekly (up to week 29 of 2022) and monthly (April 2022) data for first sales in Europe on the EUMOFA website.
FIRST SALES OF FRESHWATER BREAM AND PIKE-PERCH
Over the 36-month observation period (May 2019 to April 2022), the weighted average first-sales price of bream in Estonia was 0,57 EUR/kg, 34% higher than in the Netherlands, where it was 0,43 EUR/kg. Read more.
In the same period, the weighted average first-sales price of pike-perch in France was 10,26 EUR/kg, 226% higher than that of Estonia (3,15 EUR/kg), and 38% greater than that of the Netherlands (7,43 EUR/kg). Read more.
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 EXTRA-EU IMPORTS
Both price and volume of fresh or chilled lesser or Greenland halibut from Norway were stable throughout 2022. Price ranged from 4,11 to 7,47 EUR/kg, while weekly supply ranged from 0,3 to 40 tonnes. Read more.
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 CONSUMPTION
Gilthead seabream is amongst the five most consumed fresh fishery and aquaculture products in Italy, Portugal and Spain. In Italy, where gilthead seabream is the most consumed fresh species, consumption of gilthead seabream reached its five-year peak in 2021, in terms of both value and volume. Read more.
The most recent weekly (up to week 26 of 2022) consumption data can be accessed on the EUMOFA website.
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ATLANTIC MACKEREL IN THE EU
In 2020, mackerel landed by EU MS reached 203.000 tonnes worth 157 million EUR. This was mostly driven by landings in the Netherlands, Ireland, and Spain. In total, volumes increased by 25% and values increased by 5% compared to 2019. In addition to landings by EU MS, there are also landings in the EU from Norwegian, Faroese, and UK vessels. In 2019, mackerel was the fourth largest species landed in the EU in terms of volume and the third largest in terms of value. Read more.
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ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTION OF RAW MATERIAL COSTS
Since the beginning of 2020, the European fishery and aquaculture market has been disrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has deepened the inflation observed over the last years for several commodities. The EU fishery and aquaculture sector has been directly impacted by the increase in costs of marine fuel, electricity, and fish feed for aquaculture, resulting in higher costs for production and processing. The shortage in some key raw materials and inputs (e.g. sunflower oil) has increased pressure on prices, which rose significantly in the recent period. Read more.
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 GLOBAL HIGHLIGHTS
On 1 June, the Commission published its communication “Towards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2023”, giving an annual review of the EU's fisheries management and outlining priorities for 2023. The figures show that conservation efforts are bearing fruit and that the EU fisheries policy has been delivering against its goal of reducing overfishing in European waters. Read more.
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MA CROECONOMIC CONTEXT
Average prices for marine fuel in July 2022 ranged between 1,02 and 1,14 EUR/litre in ports in France, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Prices decreased by an average of about 4,1% compared with the previous month, and they increased by an average of 123,9% compared with the same month in 2021. Read more.
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