EUMOFA Monthly Highlights No. 10/2025 is online

This month’s issue analyses the evolution of first sales at the commodity group level and the first sales in EU Member States. It examines the consumption and extra-EU imports of crustaceans. The case study featured this month is ‘Sea urchins in the EU’.

MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT. Average prices for marine fuel in October 2025 ranged between 0,54 and 0,67 EUR/litre in ports in France, Italy, Spain and the UK. Prices decreased by an average of about 1,2% compared with the previous month and decreased by an average of 6,6% compared with the same month in 2024.

FIRST SALES IN EUROPE. The overall value of first sales in the period January - August in 2025 was 2,74 billion euros, a 4% increase compared to 2024, and a 1% decrease compared to 2023. Overall volume was 1,5 million tonnes, a 4% decrease compared to 2024, and a 12% decrease compared to 2023. In 2025, first-sales value of “crustaceans” totalled 432,4 million euros, a 2% increase in value compared to 2024. First-sales volume amounted to 48.815 tonnes, a decrease of 3% compared to 2024. Miscellaneous shrimp and deep water rose shrimp were the two main products responsible for the increase in first-sales value.

EXTRA-EU IMPORTS of crustaceans in the period from January to August 2025 accounted for a total value of 3,2 million euros and a total volume of 455.259 tonnes. Compared to the same period in 2024, the value increased by 12% and the volume increased by 9%.

CONSUMPTION. Between September 2022 and August 2025, household consumption of crustaceans was monitored in ten Member States: Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden. During this period, consumption volumes showed a slight upward trend, and prices showed a slight decreasing trend over the same period.

The most recent consumption data can be accessed here.

SEA URCHINS IN THE EU. In 2024, EU first sales of sea urchin amounted to 908 tonnes at a value of 9,0 million euros and an average price of 9,94 EUR/kg. Between 2016 and 2024, first sales increased by 31% in volume and by 55% in value.

Monthly Highlights 10/2025 is available for download here.

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