Marubeni acquired the US shrimp distributor Eastern Fish

The Japanese conglomerate and multinational Marubeni (est. 1858, 2013 sales: USD 51 billion) has announced that they agrreed to buy the US shrimp importer and distributor Eastern Fish at USD 56.7 mil. 

The acquisition will help it to expand more their shrimp business in both Japan and the US. 

It is known that seafood sales of Marubeni is USD 230 million per year with a quantity of about 23,000 metric tons. 

This press release can be seen at the company website today at this link http://www.marubeni.com/news/2014/release/00012.html