This photo provided by the Kremlin shows the Mekanik Sizov, a 354-foot-long trawler belonging to a company partly owned by sanctioned businessman Gleb Frank. A U.S. ban on seafood imports from Russia was supposed to deny billions of dollars for Russia's war machine. But shortcomings in import regulations allow Russian-caught pollock, salmon and crab to enter the U.S. anyway, by way of China.
MIAMI (AP) - A U.S. ban on seafood imports from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine was supposed to sap billions of dollars from Vladimir Putin's war machine.
But shortcomings in import regulations mean that Russian-caught pollock, salmon and crab are likely to enter the U.S. anyway, by way of the country vital to seafood supply chains across the world: China.
Like the U.S. seafood industry, Russian companies rely heavily on China to process their catch. Once there, the seafood can be reexported to the U.S. as a "product of China" because country of origin labeling isn't required.
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