Russia is experiencing deep structural changes in many areas. For the seafood industryimportant developments are large increases in household incomes, development of modernsuper- and hypermarket distribution channels, and product innovations. In the seafoodcategory consumers are adopting new species and new product forms at a rapid rate. Herringis one of the species that is experiencing these changes. The dominant product form hastraditionally been whole salted herring, typically sold at open markets. Herring sold in thetraditional unprocessed form has been a protein source for poor people, consumed at home.But more processed and expensive product forms that are distributed through moderndistribution channels have increased their market share during the data period.We employ a panel data set on monthly per capita demand for different herring products insix Russian regions, from unprocessed to value added products, to test hypotheses on thestructure of herring consumption. We estimate dynamic panel data demand systems, withregion-specific estimates of price and income elasticities...
