Peru's fish exports up 30% on strong growth in frozen and canned seafood sales
Seafood
Peru
Published Mar 2, 2023
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The growth was driven by significantly higher annual sales of seafood for direct human consumption (DHC), which rose 83.4% in volume and 38.7% in value to 62,000 tons, worth $174 million, respectively, according to the ministry. . Of Peru's DHC seafood exports in December, 82.2% were frozen, 14.3% were canned, and the rest (3.5%) were cured.
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“Frozen food exports are up 95.3% and 28% year-over-year to 55,400 tons worth $143 million,” Produce said in a statement. “Sales of squid and shrimp during this period were $93.7 million and $13.2 million, respectively.” In terms of destination markets, China accounted for 20.8% of total frozen food sales ($29.7M), followed by sales to South Korea (13.8% or $19.8M), Spain (11.9%), Japan (9.3%), Thailand. (9%) and the USA (8.4%). Exports of canned food also rose significantly by 95.5% and 237.7% to 1,800 tons worth $6.2 million in December, mainly driven by an increase in sales of tuna and anchovies by $4.9 million and $600,000, according to Produce. Canned food exports to the UK accounted for 32.9%, followed by exports to Spain (20.9%), Italy (19.5%), Chile (13.7%), Venezuela (6.4%) and Uruguay (2 ,8%). In addition, the export of dried products increased from 4,600 tons worth $12 million to 4,900 tons worth $24.9 million. Conversely, while total sales of products for indirect ...
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