Recently, a batch of 75KG snow crab, worth 2, 727 US dollars, was transported from Australia to Xiaoshan, Hangzhou through air and it’s also the first time that Hangzhou port has imported live snow crab. The crab would be available on market after gaining inspection and quarantine qualification from Hangzhou airport branch, Zhejiang Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.
Aohaizhisheng, importer of the crab , was the first sole proprietorship set up by Chaceon in Australia, who owned more than 30% quote of snow crab caught in west coast in Australia. Roland, the general manager of Aohaizhisheng, was a teacher before he did foreign trade business in Hangzhou. He said, “I found that citizens in Hangzhou like to eat seafood but it’s difficult to find live snow crab imported from Australia. So I set up a special company to import this kind of product to meet market demand here.”
It’s known most of the products sold in local market are frozen seafood, while the quantity of live snow crab was very small. According to his opinion, live snow crab was much more popular here, “It only takes 48 hours from catching the snow crab to imported it into Hangzhou, local inspection and quarantine bureau also provided lots of help regarding entry procedures,” he said.
In recent years, more and more import enterprises went to airport branch of Zhejiang Inspection and Quarantine Bureau to consult import issues regarding foreign seafood. Relative product’s quantity and species were also increasing year by year. From January to October, Hangzhou airport totally imported 515 batches, 42.5 tonnes and 7.95 million US Dollars worth of aquatic products, including Dungeness crab, Boston lobster, blue crab, abalone, oyster and so on.
