Fish, fishery and aquaculture products and inputs are traded among the East African Community (EAC) countries but some are exported while some are imported. Fish and fishery products from EAC are exported to more than 50 Countries with about 70% exported to the European Union (EU). The fish and fishery products exported include; whole fish, skinless and skin-on fillets, headless and gutted, steaks, portions, loins, cubblings, trimmings which are either chilled, frozen, canned, salted, sundried, deep fried, smoked or powdered. Others include fish sausages, cowries shells, fish oil, fish meal. Exported byproducts include; skins and scales (Germany), fish frames and heads (Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Thailand and Vietnam), offals (China, DRC). The imported fish and fishery products into the EAC region include: frozen whole gutted and ungutted tilapia, mackerel, rabbit fish, reef cod; canned (tunas, sardines, mackerel, anchovy); frozen (prawns, crams, crabs, lobsters, oysters, squids, mussels, smoked salmon, Pangasius fillets and steak) among others and these are imported from China, India, Vietnam, Yemen, Japan, Mauritius, Norway, Israel, Namibia, Taiwan, South Korea, Spain, Oman among others.
