We source through a network,
not a fleet.
Baixian Group stepped back from direct fishing in 2014. Today we originate through a network of thirty-plus contract vessels a year — across Taiwan-origin and mainland-China-origin operations — in the Pacific, the Southwest Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean, alongside two-hundred-plus partner processors and exporters. Every sourcing decision runs on the same research our Commodity Research & Strategy desk publishes.
How origination works.
Four functions, operated as one. We do not own the vessels we source from — we run structured contract relationships, some dating to the 1980s, paired with a deep partner-processing network. The discipline that ties it together is research.
A fleet we direct, not own
Thirty-plus vessels a year under contract — Taiwan-origin and mainland-China-origin jiggers and trawlers — with continuous flag-state vessel monitoring on every partner.
Two-hundred-plus partners
Processors and exporters across our raw, semi-processed, and processed flows — including eighty-plus in the Dosidicus gigas land-frozen partner-plant category alone, in Peru and Chile.
Two independent origin bases
Operating across Taiwan-origin and mainland-China-origin operations gives us two origin bases and the supply resilience that comes with sourcing from both.
Decisions on data, not rumour
Our Commodity Research & Strategy desk publishes catch outlooks and stock assessments that drive both our own sourcing and the briefings we give counterparties.
Seven FAO areas, three oceans.
We source across the Pacific, the Southwest Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean, with partner processing concentrated in Peru, Chile, and along the mainland-China and Taiwan coasts.
Vessels and partner plants.
The post-2014 model rests on two pillars: a contract fleet we direct under structured agreements, and a partner-processing network selected on specification readiness and regulatory standing.
under agreement each year
We do not own these vessels. We run long-standing contract relationships — some reaching back to the 1980s in the Southwest Atlantic and the 1970s in the Pacific — with continuous flag-state vessel monitoring on every partner.
- Origin bases
- Taiwan origin · Mainland China origin
- Oldest relationships
- SW Atlantic since 1980 · Pacific since the 1970s
- Monitoring
- 100% VMS, via flag-state authority
- FAO coverage
- 41 · 51 · 57 · 61 · 67 · 71 · 87
and exporters
Across our raw, semi-processed, and processed flows — including eighty-plus partners in the Dosidicus gigas land-frozen partner-plant category alone, sourced from Peru and Chile. Partners are selected on processing-spec readiness and compliance standing.
- Gigas category
- 80+ partner plants (Peru · Chile)
- Origins
- Peru · Chile · Mainland China · Taiwan · Indian Ocean
- Selection basis
- Spec readiness · EU / GACC standing
- Trade flows
- Raw · semi-processed · processed
What's available, month by month.
Availability by sourcing route, not just by species. A single squid reaches us through several routes — Dosidicus gigas alone runs four catch routes — each with its own window. Beneath the catch seasons, our land-frozen processed range is held in buffer inventory and ships every month of the year.
The land-frozen processed range ships every month. Whatever the catch calendar, Illex and Gigas processed product is held in buffer inventory at BXTW-FAC-1 (Kaohsiung) and BXGC-FAC-3 (Fuzhou) and available year-round. Across the catch routes, the Mainland China distant-water fleet rotates seasonally — equatorial whole round January–April, then the Peru High Seas component supply May–December. Windows are indicative, curated by BX-TRADE-CRS, and shift year to year with cohort dynamics and ENSO-modulated conditions.
Origin shapes the cut.
The same species arrives in different forms depending on where and how it was caught. Sea-frozen, vessel-direct cargo and land-frozen, partner-plant cargo diverge most clearly on fillet skin retention and tentacle trim — the detail a buyer needs before it ever reaches a spec sheet. Every route also feeds a deeper line of semi-processed and processed specifications.
We act on the research we publish.
Sourcing is not opportunistic. Our Commodity Research & Strategy desk publishes regular catch outlooks and stock assessments, and those same documents inform every sourcing decision and every counterparty briefing. The research a buyer reads is the research we trade on.
Source through origination, not a broker.
Whether you are sourcing whole round direct from the fleet, land-frozen partner-plant raw material, or finished processed product — our analysts respond in your language and quote within 48 hours. Specify the species, origin, form, and destination port, and we will come back with current pricing and lead time.