STORY: Chinese firms eager to showcase new products at Spain seafood fair
SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024
DATELINE: April 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:31
LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the exhibition
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WANG LINGLING, Director of the Chinese Lighthouse Jellyfish company
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FU WENYANG, General director of the Frosista Caviar company
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SUN YALING, Deputy secretary general of the China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance (CAPPMA)
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): YUN TIANWEI, Deputy general director of Chinese company Hainan Excellence Import and Export Trading
6. various of the exhibition

STORYLINE:

Chinese exhibitors at the Seafood Expo Global in Spain this week are eager to showcase their newest delights to European seafood enthusiasts.
   
SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WANG LINGLING, Director of the Chinese Lighthouse Jellyfish company
"We are doing the frozen oyster product, and we want to sell the product to all Europe. Most people don't even know that in China we have these kinds of product, that's why we come here: we want to show the product to all the Europeans."

Along with Wang's company, nearly 300 Chinese firms participated in the event, with many voicing their eagerness to tap the European market.
   
This is the first time for Wang's company, based in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, to participate in the fair, through which it hopes to publicize their products and expand their market.
   
According to Fu Wenyang, general director of the Frosista Caviar company, based in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, "Europe is a very important market for us, since it represents 40 percent of all our production."
   
SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FU WENYANG, General director of the Frosista Caviar company
"We want to meet more and more new customers because this is an expanding market and the caviar from China is also very good and more and more popular, so we want to introduce Chinese caviar to more markets."
   
A total of 68 national and regional pavilions were present this year at the fair, where they showed off their latest innovations in frozen, fresh or preserved seafood, including innovations such as salmon sweets, shrimp lollipops and fish French fries.
   
SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SUN YALING, Deputy secretary general of the China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance (CAPPMA)
"For the first time we had just 20 enterprises (from China). This year we have 281 enterprises. So it's growing quickly."

This year's edition, she added, has seen an increase in aquaculture and logistics technology companies, as well as large buyers from the retail, food service and distribution sectors.
   
SOUNDBITE 4 (English): YUN TIANWEI, Deputy general director of Chinese company Hainan Excellence Import and Export Trading
"In the next few years, what I can see is that they (Chinese companies) will keep participating this event. And we'll expand this business, not only for exported but also for the imported seafood from around the world."
   
The international event brought together companies representing all sectors of the industry, from packaging materials and machinery, refrigeration equipment and supplies, to hygiene and quality control services.
   
The European Union (EU) is a world leader in the import and export of seafood in terms of net value, at more than 31 billion euros (33.17 billion U.S. dollars), and Spain is the bloc's leading importer ahead of Sweden and Denmark, according to data from the European Commission.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Barcelona, Spain.
(XHTV)