EUMOFA report on global caviar market finds EU consumption increased By Share The latest report on the caviar market from the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) shows that in 2018, global aquaculture production of sturgeon was around 115,000 metric tons (MT), and production of caviar was 380 MT. China accounted for 84 percent of global sturgeon production with 97,000 MT, followed by Armenia at 3 percent, or 3,900 MT; and Russia at 3 percent, or3,800 MT. Much of China’s sturgeon production is destined for consumption, but the country also supplies around one third of the global caviar volume, and is the main supplier to the E.U.