In addition to serving the bulging Chinese market, the company and other mainland fish processors enjoy burgeoning exports.

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Unemployment is down to 1%, so low that Iceland's fish- processors have to import Poles to gut their fish.

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Moreover, about 80% of the fish processed is imported from countries such as Russia, which implies that the processors would just have to slim down a bit rather than close if the Scottish fleet is forced to tie up.

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