Seafood Packaging Market Outlook:
Seafood Packaging Market size was valued at USD 16.93 billion in 2024 and is likely to cross USD 28.92 billion by 2034, registering more than 5.5% CAGR during the forecast period i.e., between 2025-2034. In the year 2025, the industry size of seafood packaging is estimated at USD 17.72 billion.
Key Seafood Packaging Market Insights Summary:
The Asia Pacific seafood packaging market is projected to capture the largest share by 2034.
The fresh & frozen segment is expected to hold the largest share of the seafood packaging market by 2034.
Key Growth Trends:
- Awareness Regarding Health Benefits of Seafood
- Increasing Demand for Ready-to-Eat Meals
Key Players:
- DS Smith, ULMA Packaging Inc, Printpack pvt ltd, Amcor plc, Winpak ltd., FFP Packaging ltd., Smurfit Kappa Group plc, Crown, Sealed Air Corporation, Silgan Holdings Inc.
Market Size and Growth Projections:
- 2024 Market Size: USD 16.93 billion
- 2025 Market Size: USD 17.72 billion
- Projected Market Size: USD 28.92 billion by 2034
- Growth Forecasts: 5.5% CAGR (2025-2034)
- Largest Region: Asia Pacific
- Fastest Growing Region: Asia Pacific
The market growth is primarily attributed to demand for seafood items with better consistency and shelf life. Seafood is a strong source of vitamins, proteins, and minerals, which provides many health benefits. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), fish is the most important single source of high-quality protein that provides about 16% of the animal protein.
Long term conservancy of seafood is proficient in a variety of ways. Partial drying and salting are the form of preservation of seafood like herring and mackerel. Fish such as salmon, tuna, and herring are cooked and canned. Edible sea plants such as seaweeds and microalgae are widely eaten as sea vegetable especially in Asia. According to the World Health Organization, the intake of oily fish such as tuna and salmon by the adult population worldwide tends to minimize the risk of coronary heart disease.
Seafood Packaging Market Growth Drivers and Challenges:
Growth Drivers
- Awareness Regarding Health Benefits of Seafood - As per research, seafood provided up to 75% of n-3 PUFAs, 18% of Vitamin D, 19% Vitamin B12, 6% of niacin, and 4% of Vitamin B6 required by the human body.
- Increasing Demand for Ready-to-Eat Meals – The massive growth in the ready-to-eat food is expected to surge the demand for seafood packaging. ready-to-eat food industry valued at USD 160 million in 2021.
- Advancement in Packaging Technologies – The demand for packaging, especially flexible packaging is estimated to touch USD from 200 to 220 billion by the end of 2022.
- Growing Emphasis on Fish and Agriculture Cultivation in both Developing and Developed countries- According to the UN food and agriculture organization (FAO), 87.5 million tons of aquatic animals were used as human food, as of 2020.Aquatic food production is forecasted to increase by 15% by 2030.
Challenges
- Increasing Incidence of Food Contamination - Growing regions that are contaminated with human sewage potentially led to the contamination of seafood by pathogens that possess a human source. Calicivirus, hepatitis A virus, and Salmonella type all were responsible for outbreaks of sickness linked to seafood and linked to contaminated waters. About 1.4 million illnesses attributed to foodborne illness are caused by salmonella each year in the United States.
- Unregulated Processed Products
- Unhygienic Handling Disrupts the Packaging
Seafood Packaging Market Size and Forecast:
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Base Year |
2024 |
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Forecast Year |
2025-2034 |
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CAGR |
5.5% |
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Base Year Market Size (2024) |
USD 16.93 billion |
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Forecast Year Market Size (2034) |
USD 28.92 billion |
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Seafood Packaging Market Segmentation:
Application Segment Analysis
The fresh & frozen segment is anticipated to account for largest seafood packaging market share by the end of 2034, impelled by growing preference for organically farmed seafood among large consumer groups across the world. As per data, over $2.3 billion, or 32.8%, of the total value of Indian seafood, the US received the highest amount. In terms of value, frozen shrimp made up 95% of the total.
Our in-depth analysis of the global seafood packaging market includes the following segments:
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By Material |
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By Product |
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By Packaging |
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By Application |
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By Seafood |
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Seafood Packaging Market Regional Insights:
The Asia Pacific seafood packaging market is expected to hold largest share by the end of 2034. The presence of an abundant number of seafood packaging manufacturers in China, India, Japan, and South Korea. As per studies, China is the world's leading seafood consumer. The country consumes around 20 million metric tons of seafood each year.
Key Seafood Packaging Market Players:
- DS Smith
- Company Overview
- Business Strategy
- Key Product Offerings
- Financial Performance
- Key Performance Indicators
- Risk Analysis
- Recent Development
- Regional Presence
- SWOT Analysis
- ULMA Packaging Inc
- Printpack pvt ltd
- Amcor plc
- Winpak ltd.
- FFP Packaging ltd.
- Smurfit Kappa Group plc
- Crown
- Sealed Air Corporation
- Silgan Holdings Inc.
Recent Developments
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Amcor VP Sustainability presented at Global Plastics Summit to discuss industry’s move toward circularity. A global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, was represented today by David Clark, vice president sustainability at Amcor.
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ULMA Packaging has taken a step further in our pursuit of sustainable packaging solutions by developing a new model of thermoforming machine to package fresh products in vacuum skin packs on a flat cardboard base.
- Report ID: 731
- Published Date: Jun 13, 2025
- Report Format: PDF, PPT
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