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Competitiveness of Chinese and Indonesian tilapia exports in the US market

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In this study, we investigated the export performance and competitiveness of Chinese and Indonesian tilapia in the US market. We analyzed the factors that influence exports by using the constant market share model according to data from the USDA aquaculture database between 1996 and 2017. The results showed that the changes in the US market demand had a great impact on the tilapia industry in China and Indonesia but especially the latter. During 2014–2017, the product structures in China and Indonesia were not suitable to meet the demands of the US market, but Indonesian tilapia products exhibited stronger export performance compared with those from China. Changing the current status requires efforts to promote the transformation of Chinese tilapia into low supply, high quality, and high price products.

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This study was supported by the China Agriculture Research System 46 (Characteristic Freshwater Fish) and the National Nonprofit Institute Research Grant of Freshwater Fisheries Research Center (CAFS) (2019JBFM08).

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  1. Tilapia Industrial Research Center of China Agriculture Research System, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, 214081, China

    Yun-Yun Dai, Yong-Ming Yuan, Yuan Yuan & Hong-Yan Zhang

  2. Business and Finance School, Wuxi City College of Vocational Technology, Wuxi, 214081, China

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Dai, YY., Yuan, YM., Yuan, Y. et al. Competitiveness of Chinese and Indonesian tilapia exports in the US market. Aquacult Int 28, 791–804 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-019-00496-x

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