ADEX: Peruvian fishing exports for direct human consumption grew +15.4% in value between January and November 2023

(Agraria.pe) Between January and November 2023, Peruvian fishing exports for direct human consumption reached US$ 1,616,383,000, an amount higher by +15.4% compared to the US$ 1,400,257,000 registered in the same period. 2022, reported the Association of Exporters (Adex). In the first eleven months of 2023, the most demanded hydrobiological resource in this category was squid with US$ 819,332,000, with a share of 50.6% and a growth of +57.7%, exported mainly in frozen presentation (close to US $783 million), other presentations were in residual, preserved and fresh flour. They were followed by shrimp from aquaculture with US$228,495,000, despite suffering a drop of -3.4%. The most requested items were whole frozen prawns (US$ 108,376,000), other shrimp (US$ 65,356,000), frozen prawn tails with shell (US$ 28,531,000) and frozen prawn tails without shell (US$ 24,632,000). In third place in the ranking were the flying eggs (US$ 110,811,000) with a growth of +9.4%, followed by the ...