# Fish meal (HS4 0305) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Fish meal at HS4 0305, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The fish meal subsector recorded $6.6B in reported global trade in 2024, with -1.1% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $6.6B |
| Latest annual change | -1.1% |
| Active exporters | 170 |
| Active importers | 198 |
| Active HS6 products | 23 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $2.8B | 2,435 | 21 |
| 1996 | $2.9B | 2,480 | 21 |
| 1997 | $2.6B | 2,453 | 21 |
| 1998 | $2.7B | 2,479 | 21 |
| 1999 | $2.8B | 2,549 | 21 |
| 2000 | $2.8B | 2,918 | 21 |
| 2001 | $2.8B | 2,952 | 21 |
| 2002 | $2.7B | 2,923 | 21 |
| 2003 | $3.0B | 3,018 | 21 |
| 2004 | $3.4B | 3,157 | 21 |
| 2005 | $3.7B | 3,232 | 21 |
| 2006 | $4.0B | 3,231 | 21 |
| 2007 | $4.6B | 3,216 | 21 |
| 2008 | $5.0B | 3,434 | 21 |
| 2009 | $4.6B | 3,398 | 21 |
| 2010 | $5.1B | 3,337 | 21 |
| 2011 | $5.7B | 3,385 | 21 |
| 2012 | $5.7B | 3,509 | 23 |
| 2013 | $5.8B | 3,502 | 23 |
| 2014 | $6.1B | 3,515 | 23 |
| 2015 | $5.4B | 3,544 | 23 |
| 2016 | $5.7B | 3,600 | 23 |
| 2017 | $6.1B | 3,530 | 23 |
| 2018 | $6.6B | 3,669 | 23 |
| 2019 | $6.4B | 3,750 | 23 |
| 2020 | $6.0B | 3,560 | 23 |
| 2021 | $6.2B | 3,676 | 23 |
| 2022 | $6.8B | 3,659 | 23 |
| 2023 | $6.9B | 3,709 | 23 |
| 2024 | $6.6B | 3,800 | 23 |

## Leading corridors

- Poland to Germany: $645.5M; growth +0.3%.
- Norway to Portugal: $205.2M; growth +23%.
- Viet Nam to China: $194.1M; growth +23.4%.
- Poland to Italy: $167.5M; growth +6.1%.
- Sweden to Portugal: $140.8M; growth -13.9%.
- Belarus to Russia: $132.6M; growth +4.5%.
- Netherlands to Portugal: $129.1M; growth +31.3%.
- Norway to Brazil: $112.6M; growth +6.8%.
- Poland to France: $96.1M; growth +11%.
- Norway to Sweden: $85.4M; growth -10.9%.

## HS6 products

- Fish meal: fit for human consumption (HS6 030510)
- Fish: livers and roes, dried, smoked (whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process), salted or in brine (HS6 030520)
- Fish: fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked (HS6 030530)
- Fish fillets: dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads (HS6 030531)
- Fish fillets: dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae (HS6 030532)
- Fish fillets: dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.3 (HS6 030539)
- Fish: Pacific salmon (oncorhynchus nerka/gorbuscha/keta/tschawytscha/kisutch/masou/rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (salmo salar) and Danube salmon (hucho hucho), including fillets, smoked (whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process) (HS6 030541)
- Fish: smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal (HS6 030542)
- Fish: smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss/clarki/aguabonita/gilae/apache/chrysogaster), includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal (HS6 030543)
- Fish: smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads, includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal (HS6 030544)
- Fish: smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.4, includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal (HS6 030549)
- Fish: dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) (HS6 030551)
- Fish: dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads (HS6 030552)
- Fish: dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than cod (HS6 030553)
- Dried herrings, anchovies, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, mackerel (incl Indian, jack, or horse), seerfishes, jacks, crevalles, cobia, silver pomfrets, Pacific saury, scads, capelin, swordfish, Kawakawa, bonitos, marlins, sailfishes, spearfish (HS6 030554)
- Fish: dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, other than cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) (HS6 030559)
- Fish: herrings (clupea harengas, clupea pallasii), salted or in brine but not dried or smoked (HS6 030561)
- Fish: cod (gadus morhua, gadus ogac, gadus macrocephalus), salted or in brine but not dried or smoked (HS6 030562)
- Fish: anchovies (engraulis spp.), salted or in brine but not dried or smoked (HS6 030563)
- Fish: salted or in brine, not dried or smoked, other than edible fish offal, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads (HS6 030564)
- Fish: salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.6 (HS6 030569)
- Fish: edible offal, shark fins (HS6 030571)
- Fish: edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws (HS6 030572)
- Fish: edible offal, other than shark fins, fish heads, tails and maws (HS6 030579)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS4. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024.

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) · [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) · [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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