API for global seafood prices, trade data
Undercurrent News has launched an API service for data partners to pull and utilize our seafood commodity prices and trade data.
This service is designed to provide our data partners - including buying teams, commodity tracking services, and financial institutions - with immediate access to over 3,500 price datasets covering various seafood commodities such as salmonids, whitefish, tuna, shrimp, shellfish, and pelagics/fishmeal.
DATA TYPE
Custom API: purchase all-you-can-eat data or species-specific data only
An API is available for all the data, or you can purchase access to one for any of the five species groups mentioned above.
Get in contact with our sales team to discover API data for whitefish, tuna, pelagics, shrimp and salmon species.
Prices dataGet in contact with our sales team to discover API data for whitefish, tuna, pelagics, shrimp and salmon species.
Species dataGet in contact with our sales team to discover API data for whitefish, tuna, pelagics, shrimp and salmon species.
Auction dataGet in contact with our sales team to discover API data for whitefish, tuna, pelagics, shrimp and salmon species.
Trade dataAccess 3600+ datasets for all species with a string of keys
Fishmeal
For fishmeal, the API gives you access to both export prices from Peru, the main producer, and import prices from China, the largest market. Then, we also have prices for soybean pellets from Argentina.
Fishmeal data
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Super prime Peruvian fishmeal, Shanghai port - Offers
- 12,950 CNY
July 28
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Fishmeal and pellet prices, CIF Peru, 65% protein
- 1,581 USD
September 14
Pelagics
We offer pricing data on a range of pelagic species, including herring, mackerel, and sardines from various regions. For herring and mackerel, the API gives access to Norwegian export prices for fillets and whole fish, as well as EU imports. The EU import prices also include data from the Faroe Islands and Iceland. The API also gives access to fillet and whole Atlantic herring prices, both export and EU imports. In addition, the EU import prices also include sardines from Morocco.
Pelagics data
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Atlantic herring, Norway (NSC), frozen fillets
- 15.85 NOK
September 21
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Atlantic herring fillets from Norway, Frozen, EUMOFA
- 1.70 EUR
February 2
Salmon
The API gives access to a range of prices for salmon, both farmed and wild. For farmed, we have prices for salmon from Norway, Chile, and Scotland, which update weekly. In addition to the FOB Oslo prices for head-on, gutted salmon from Norway, we have export prices to various origins in Asia, Europe and the US for fresh and frozen Norwegian salmon in various different product specifications. We also have export and EU import prices for Norwegian trout. Then, we have historic prices for the main Alaska salmon species, which are chum, Chinook, coho, pink and sockeye.
Salmon data
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Nasdaq Atlantic Salmon Index, 3-6kg
- 62.40 NOK
September 22
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Atlantic salmon, Scotland, 3-6kgs, fresh HOG
- 6.00 GBP
September 26
Shrimp & shellfish
Our API gives access to weekly farmgate vannamei shrimp prices in various sizes from all the major regions, including Ecuador, India, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand. In addition, the API includes black tiger shrimp from Vietnam and India. In terms of wild catch, the API has prices for Argentine red shrimp, Icelandic coldwater shrimp and North Sea shrimp. As for other shellfish, the API includes data for species such as king and snow crab from Norway, US lobster and scallops, in addition to various indexes for squid and octopus.
Shrimp & shellfish data
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Vannamei ex-farm Ecuador, 40-50 pcs/kg
- 4.40 USD
October '22
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Vannamei ex-farm Andhra Pradesh, HOSO, Aquaconnect
- 360 INR
January 25
Tuna
We provide data on several key tuna indexes, including the prices for skipjack raw material delivered to Bangkok, Thailand, and ex-vessel prices in Manta, Ecuador. The API also includes ex-vessel prices for skipjack in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast, in the Atlantic, as well as in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. The API also gives access to yellowfin prices in Abidjan and the Seychelles. A key yellowfin index available via the API is the delivered price for loins for canning in Spain.
Tuna data
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Skipjack tuna, whole frozen, CFR Bangkok
- 1,825 USD
September 6
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Skipjack tuna, whole frozen, ex-vessel Ecuador
- 1,800 USD
August 17
Whitefish
The API gives access to a vast range of farmed and wild whitefish prices. On the wild side, key indexes include headed and gutted Russian Atlantic cod, haddock, and pollock delivered to China. The API also has prices for pin-bone out US pollock fillets, another key benchmark. Then, it has auction prices for fresh and frozen Norwegian cod and haddock, in addition to frozen saithe, which update daily. The API also gives daily updating auction prices for Icelandic cod, haddock, saithe and other whitefish from Iceland and also Shetland, in the UK. For farmed whitefish, we have farm-gate prices for tilapia from China and pangasius from Vietnam, in addition to export prices to key markets for the latter. For pangasius, the API also gives prices for pangasius fingerlings from Vietnam. Then, the API also gives access for seabass and seabream from various origins at the MercaMadrid auction in Spain. Then, it has EU import prices for Turkish bass and bream.
Whitefish data
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Russian Alaska pollock H&G
- 1,680 USD
August 25
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Pangasius Vietnam - Farm Gate
- 32,000 VND
May 16
Use UCN API to build better services
Whether you are a seafood processor or a commodities data provider, our data API can help you make better informed decisions and deliver extra value to your customers.
Financial services & Investors
Identify promising markets for investment in the seafood industry and improve your risk management.
Data aggregators
Provide extra value to your clients by showing them data they will struggle to find anywhere else.
Retail
Optimize your supply chain and manage inventory levels more effectively.
Seafood industry analysts
Track market trends, identify supply and demand imbalances, and forecast market developments.
Trade & wholesale
Get extra negotiating power for purchasing or sale deals.
Processing
Determine the cost of raw materials and make decisions on pricing and inventory management.
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