Leading Russian fishery enterprises have taken part in the world's largest International trade show of seafood and processing technologies Seafood Expo Global & Seafood Processing Global 2019 in Belgium. The Russian national pavilion organized under the auspices of the Federal Agency for Fisheries by Expo Solutions Group (ESG).

The basis of the national pavilion was constituted by key players in the industry and the permanent participants of ESG arranged exhibition activities such as Norebo, NBAMR, Russian Fishing Company, YKRK (Yuzhno-Kyrilsky Fish Factory), Antey, F.E.S.T., Sirius and Dikiy Ulov. Tymlatsky Fish Factory, North-Kurilsk Base of Seiner Fleet, Defa, Collective farm fishery by V.I. Lenin and Collective farm fishery by V.I. Kalinin joined the national pavilion for the first time ever.

This year, the core activities and geography of the participants exhibited at the Russian national pavilion have expanded considerably. Manufacturers of fishing equipment, component suppliers, mariculture enterprises and distribution companies based in the Primorsk Territory, Kaliningrad and Murmansk Regions have joined the fishing companies operating in the Russian Far East.

"The exhibition has been very fruitful with our fishing businesses sparking an interest with the European public. Negotiations took place by the booths with every company having had at least 70 business meetings," Ivan Fetisov, the General Director of Expo Solutions Group, said.

Building upon the European trend for finished and semi-finished products, Russian fish producers have demonstrated deeply processed fish products such as salmon and white fish fillets, preserves and canned products. Furthermore, the show windows of the exhibit booths demonstrate flounder, cod, haddock, sardine and salmon frozen on ships.

The Russian delegation is headed by Petr Savchuk, the Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries. He opened the Russian exposition shoulder to shoulder with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belgium Alexander Tokovinin. Petr Savchuk reminded about the tasks set for industry, such as boosting financial return on the exports of domestic fish and seafood. To do this, it is necessary to focus on products with high added value and expand the sales geography. "Judging by the exhibited domestic products, mood and plans of our enterprises to upgrade their production capacities by constructing greenfield coastal factories and modern vessels, the goal is to have foreign trade boosted from current $5.2 billion to $8.5 billion by 2025," Petr Savchuk said.