In the first eight months of 2019, Croatia exported fresh or chilled Atlantic bluefin tuna in the amount of 2,800 tonnes, worth €31.2 million, as against €33.9 million for 3,000 tonnes exported in the whole of 2018.
In 2018, the value of the export of fish and other seafood products, including Ostracods, sometimes known as seed shrimps, and molluscs, was €170.4 million (47,000 tonnes). Of that amount, the export of fresh or chilled fish made up €108. million (21,000 tonnes).
Apart from tuna, which is exported to Japan in large quantities, 4,300 of fresh or chilled branzino were exported to the European Union in 2018, and the value of this export stood at €26.4 million.
The export value of 3,800 tonnes of gilt-head sea bream was €23.6 million.
Also, Croatia exported sardines in the amount of 4,500 tonnes, worth €3.6 million, and 2,200 tonnes of anchovies, worth € 3.5 million.
In the first eight months of 2019, the total value of the export of fish and seafood products came to €121.1 million.
The major markets for the export are Japan, as the most important destination for Croatian tuna, while within the EU, Italy, Slovenia and Spain are the main export destinations for fresh and salted fishery products.