# Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus Spp. buyer markets and demand...

Japan is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $91.6M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | $91.6M | +1.2% | 12 | Russia |
| USA | $36.8M | +15.1% | 13 | Japan |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $19.9M | +19.7% | 10 | Japan |
| Republic of Korea | $12.7M | +21.7% | 14 | Peru |
| Taiwan | $8.8M | +8.8% | 8 | Japan |
| Singapore | $7.6M | +9.3% | 15 | Japan |
| Italy | $2.9M | +24.9% | 14 | Spain |
| Thailand | $2.9M | +8.3% | 6 | Japan |
| France | $2.7M | +1.7% | 15 | Spain |
| Canada | $2.7M | +8.1% | 13 | Japan |
| China | $2.6M | +21.5% | 9 | Canada |
| China, Macao SAR | $2.1M | +3.3% | 14 | Japan |
| Malaysia | $1.6M | +51.7% | 4 | Japan |
| Spain | $1.3M | +23.8% | 10 | Portugal |
| United Arab Emirates | $1.1M | +56% | 11 | Japan |
| Peru | $1.1M | +110.6% | 2 | Chile |
| Australia | $807.8K | +10.8% | 3 | New Zealand |
| Viet Nam | $684.0K | +40.6% | 3 | Japan |
| Indonesia | $531.7K | +2.7% | 2 | Japan |
| India | $386.4K | +766.1% | 2 | Peru |
| Brazil | $299.7K | +252.8% | 3 | USA |
| Malta | $291.2K | +191.9% | 5 | Croatia |
| United Kingdom | $178.2K | -21% | 9 | France |
| Germany | $137.6K | +11.5% | 19 | Canada |
| New Zealand | $101.3K | +1,451% | 2 | Australia |
| Denmark | $82.3K | +11.2% | 9 | Iceland |
| Belgium | $73.1K | +1.5% | 6 | France |
| Cambodia | $68.3K | +16.5% | 3 | Japan |
| Netherlands | $56.2K | +8.8% | 15 | France |
| Qatar | $35.6K | +5.3% | 3 | United Arab Emirates |
| Russia | $32.3K | -35% | 3 | United Arab Emirates |
| Sweden | $28.5K | +0.6% | 5 | Norway |
| World excl. EU | $27.9K | +20.1% | 2 | Japan |
| Saudi Arabia | $25.3K | -51.5% | 4 | Spain |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $25.0K | -12% | 10 | France |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 2023 | $96.9M | $10,292.1 |
| USA | 2023 | $33.7M | $29,106.15 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $21.2M | $110,900.94 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $13.4M | $119,293.32 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $10.1M | $110,642.55 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $7.9M | $223,960.13 |
| China | 2023 | $6.7M | $41,578.97 |
| Italy | 2023 | $3.5M | $12,558.98 |
| France | 2023 | $3.0M | $13,692.11 |
| Canada | 2023 | $2.8M | $61,914.54 |
| China, Macao SAR | 2023 | $2.1M | $56,211.32 |
| India | 2023 | $1.9M | $55,750,852.94 |
| Spain | 2023 | $1.5M | $7,939.41 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $1.2M | $400,254.91 |
| Peru | 2023 | $1.0M | $1,515.05 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $807.2K | $78,993.83 |
| Viet Nam | 2023 | $723.0K | $622,211.7 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $612.6K | $118,648.27 |
| New Zealand | 2023 | $609.4K | $60,737.19 |
| Australia | 2023 | $542.2K | $61,383.56 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._