U.S. became Largest Seafood Buyer from East China's Jiangsu in Jan.  

The United States was the largest buyer of seafood from east China's Jiangsu Province in January with 10.44 million U.S. dollars in purchases, more than a quarter of the province's total seafood exports.
Exports of fish, seaweed, clams, crabs and lobsters to the United States grew 65.6 percent on a year-on-year basis in January, the provincial oceanic and fisheries bureau said in a press release on February 24.
Jiangsu exported 8,500 tons of seafood worth 38.14 million U.S. dollars last month, the statement said.
The Republic of Korea was the second largest buyer with 6.77 million U.S. dollars of purchases in January, followed by the European Union with 6.25 million of purchases.
Japan, which was the largest buyer in January 2009, ranked fourth with 5.29 million U.S. dollars of imports, down 12.9 percent year on year.
As of the end of January, Jiangsu seafood had been sold to 59 countries and regions worldwide, compared with 33 in January 2009, the bureau said.