Interna'onalEasternEuropeConference“EuropeanFisheriesFundandopportuni1es

forfisheryandagricultureproductprocessing”

October1‐2,2009,Riga,Latvia

TheroleoffishprocessinginLatvianfisheries

Fisheriessector

Fishing Aquaculture Fishprocessing

Producersofcannedfish

Fishfreezing Produc1onofotherfishproducts

FishprocessinginLatvia

112fisheryenterprises

24producersofcannedfish(60%)

88otherprocesors(40%)

FishFreezers(70%)

Otherprocesors(30%)

15othercannedfishproducers(25%)

9ULFPImembers(75%)

FishprocessinginLatvia

Cannedfishproducers

Sprats(70%) Otherproduc'on(30%)

Exportmarkets

Export

CIS(excludingRussia)43%

Russia31%

EuropeanUnion19%

Othercountries7%

Exportmarkets

Azerbaijan,Armenia,USA,Australia,Austria,Byelorussia,Belgium,Bulgaria,Brazil,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Greece,Georgia,Estonia,Ireland,Israel,Canada,

Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Russia,GreatBritain,Lithuania,Mexico,Mongolia,Moldavia,Norway,Poland,Romania,Serbia,Slovakia,Finland,Spain,Tajikistan,

Turkmenistan,Ukraine,Hungary,Uzbekistan,Germany,Sweden.

SalesofcannedfishinLatviaandexportmarkets,2008

SoldinLatvia(LVL)

Exported(LVL)

Cannedfish(total)263million1ns

Sprats183

million1ns

Developmentoffisherysector

SpratandBal1cherring(tonnes)

Import

Export

Amountofcaughtandforwardedfish

Catch

Catchquota

RoleoffisherysectorinLatvia’seconomy

Export Totalamount,LVL

Totalamountofexportgoods,LVL 4’040’293’000

Totalexportofagriculturalandfoodstuffsproducts,LVL 581’802’192

Latvianproducedfoodstuffsproductsexport,LVL

126’503’538

Spratexport,LVL 35’393’636

Othercannedfishproduct,LVL 15’168’701

Otheragricultural

andfoodstuffsproductsexport78%

Totalexportofagriculturalandfoodstuffsproducts

Latvianproducedfoodstuffsproductsexport

Foodindustryproductsexport22%

Sprats28%

othercanned

fishproducts

12%

differentfoodstuffsproducts

12%fruits,vegetables,nuts13%

cereals,flour,

starchormilk

products14% sugar

andsugarbased

products5%

cacaoproducts9%

othermeatandfishproducts7%

Addedvalueinfishingandfishprocessingindustry

Addedvalueoffishprocessingindustry(LVL)

Addedvalueoffishing(LVL)

Addedvalueinfishingandfishprocessingindustry

Addedvalueoffishprocessingindustry(LVL)per1tonoffish

Addedvalueoffishing(LVL)per1tonoffish

Addedvalueinfishprocessingenterprisesbyemployeecount(%)

1‐9employees

10‐19employees

20‐49employees

50‐249employees

250+employees

Visionofthefisheryindustry

•  RigaSprats–na'onalproduct•  Todoubletheamountofprocessingandquadrupleprofit

•  ToprovidegreatersupportforthefishprocessingindustryinthenextEuropeanUnionfinancingperiod(star'ngfrom2014)

Thankyou!