FIRST SALE

Description

First sale is the landed fish that is sold or registered at an auction centre to registered buyers or to producer organisations (PO). Volumes, value and prices are reported. Volumes are expressed in net weight for EU countries, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and the United Kingdom, and in live weight equivalent (lwe) for Norway. Prices are expressed in EUR/kg (without VAT). For Norway, they are expressed in EUR/kg of live weight. First sales may differ from landings since the former do not cover fish that is landed by vessels owned by processing companies or direct sales to processors.

In EUMOFA, first-sales are available under weekly and monthly data. Data are collected from national administrations and commercial sources. For more details, see:

• Weekly data
• Monthly data

In first-sale monthly data, the destination use of products (food/non-food) is also available in the Bulk download section.

         LANDINGS

Description

Landings mean the initial unloading of any quantity of fisheries products from on board a fishing vessel to land in a given country, regardless of the nationality of the vessel making the landings, but also fishery products landed by the country’s vessels in non-EU countries. Landings are reported in net weight and in euro.

In EUMOFA landings data are available under yearly data. Data originate from EUROSTAT which in turn collects it from national administrations. For more details, see:

• Yearly data

       AQUACULTURE

Description

Aquaculture refers to the farming of aquatic (freshwater or saltwater) organisms, such as fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Aquaculture data are reported in live weight equivalent and value.

In EUMOFA, aquaculture data (production volumes and values) are available under yearly data. Data originate from EUROSTAT which in turn collects it from national administrations. For more details, see:

• Yearly data

      IMPORT - EXPORT

Description

Exports (extra-EU) are goods recorded by Member States when they leave the territory of the EU (transit is not included).

Imports (extra-EU) are goods recorded by Member States when they enter the territory of the EU (transit is not included).

Intra-EU trade statistics record the trade of goods between Member States.

The standard source of extra-EU trade statistics is the customs declaration. For intra-EU trade, the source is any VAT-registered business that trades goods with other Member States.

For exports, the partner country is the country identified at the time of export as the final destination of the goods.

For imports, the partner country is the country of origin of the goods.

From 2021, EUMOFA reports imports from the UK under the code “GB” as origin mentioned in the customs declarations. These imports do not cover products which wholly originate in Northern Ireland. Exhaustive imports data from UK will be available once the customs treatment modalities under the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland regarding fisheries and aquaculture products will be defined.

In EUMOFA, imports - exports are available under weekly data (EU imports from extra-EU countries), monthly and yearly data. Weekly data originate from the European Commission, while monthly data originate from EUROSTAT – COMEXT. For more information about the quality of European statistics on international trade in goods, please see the following document.

For more details on trade data in the EUMOFA, see:

• Weekly data
• Monthly data
• Yearly data

      PROCESSING

Description

Processing of fishery and aquaculture products (FAP’s) refers to the processes that transform the raw material into the final product delivered to the customer.

In EUMOFA, processing is available under yearly data. Data originate from EUROSTAT – PRODCOM “Statistics on the production of manufactured goods”. For more details, see:

• Yearly data