A jump in sales of canned and frozen fish products led to Peru's seafood exports up 17% in May

The growth was driven by significantly higher annual sales of seafood for direct human consumption (DHC), which rose 60.3% in volume and 31% in value to 71,700 tonnes worth US$177.8 million, according to the agency. respectively for this period. Of the May volume of DHC seafood exports to Peru, 93% was frozen, 4.1% was dried, and the rest (2.9%) was canned. “Frozen food exports are up 80% and 43.6% year on year to 66,600 tons worth $165.3 million,” Produce said in a statement. “Sales of squid and shrimp rose to $98.8 million and $24.7 million respectively during this period.” In terms of target markets, China accounted for 35.6% of total frozen food sales ($58.8 million), followed by South Korea (14.8% or $24.5 million), Spain (11 .1%), USA (10%), Thailand (4.8%) and Japan (4.8%). Canned food exports rose 47.9% and 54.4% to 1,400 tons worth $5.1 million in May, mainly due to sales of $4.8 million in tuna during the period, according to Produce. Canned food exports to the UK ...