Last year, people in Germany paid around 5.4 billion euros for 495,053 tons of fish and seafood. A maximum. A favorite of the Germans made it to the top again.
Last year, Germans spent more money on fish than ever before. In total, around 5.4 billion euros were paid for 495,053 tons of fish and seafood in the food retail trade in the second Corona year 2021, said the chairman of the fish information center, René Stahlhofen, on Wednesday in Hamburg. Favorite fish was again salmon, followed by Alaskan pollack, which pushed tuna and bonites to third place. Fourth and fifth place went to herring and shrimp.
According to the information, Germans prefer to eat the fish from the can and as a frozen product. This was followed by crustaceans, molluscs and fresh fish. Most of the fish was bought in Schleswig-Holstein at 7.1 kilograms per capita, the Rhineland-Palatinate came to 6.9 kilos and the Hamburgers to 6.7 kilos. Baden-Württemberg came in last with 5.4 kilos per capita.
In 2020, 505,010 tons of fish and seafood were sold for around 5.3 billion euros.
Source: Stern
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