Brazilian fish farming continues to increase exports

Published 2024년 7월 22일

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Brazilian fish farming exports experienced a remarkable surge in the first half of 2024, generating US$23.7 million, nearly achieving the entire year's exports of 2023. This represents a 72% increase from the previous quarter, with tilapia being the primary exported species to the United States, accounting for 87% of total exports. Other countries like Peru also contributed to the demand, with tilapia products seeing a general price increase, except for by-products not fit for human consumption, while the price of fresh or chilled tilapia fillets specifically rose to US$7.93 kilos in the second quarter of 2024.

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Brazilian fish farming generated a volume of US$ 23.7 million in exports in the first half of this year, which represents 96% of the sector's exports in the entire year 2023. Comparing the second and first quarters of 2024, the growth was 72%, from US$8.7 million between January and March to US$15 million from April to June. The good numbers confirm a scenario of constant growth seen in recent years in the segment. These and other data are available in the Fish Farming Foreign Trade Newsletter, which is in its 18th edition. The publication makes available, every quarter, data from Comex Stat, an official system linked to the Ministry of Economy that gathers statistics on foreign trade in goods. Embrapa Fisheries and Aquaculture (Palmas – Tocantins) analyzes and organizes this data in the bulletin, which has been published since 2020. Currently, the newsletter is one of the main products of the Aquaculture Intelligence Center. The value of exports has been growing every month in ...

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