Chilean salmon now being exported to Malaysia

Published 2024년 4월 16일

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The Chilean government's export promotion organization, ProChile, has achieved a milestone in seafood exports by successfully exporting fresh salmon and trout from Santiago to Kuala Lumpur within 5 to 6 days, thanks to technological advancements, improved packaging techniques, and new air cargo routes. AquaChile, the first Chilean exporter to explore this route, initiated weekly shipments of fresh Chilean Atlantic salmon to Malaysia in March 2024, in partnership with 'C-Food Portions'. This initiative, which saw exports of salmon and trout to Malaysia reaching US$21 million in 2023, aims to establish Chile as a top seafood producer in the Malaysian market, where many consumers are unaware that the frozen salmon they enjoy often comes from Chile.

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Chilean salmon now being exported to Malaysia. ProChile (a Chilean government export promotion organisation) has celebrated an important milestone in seafood exports to Malaysia: despite the distance between Chile and that country, advances in technology and packaging techniques, along with new air cargo routes, have made imports possible. of fresh salmon and trout from Santiago to Kuala Lumpur in just 5 to 6 days. The importer “C-Food Portions” began weekly shipments of fresh Chilean Atlantic salmon in March 2024. The company AquaChile has been the first Chilean exporter willing to try this route together with them. Ana Belén Bueno, commercial representative of ProChile in Malaysia, commented that the result of the first test shipment was a success and the condition in which the fresh salmon arrived was surprising. “This milestone is a great step forward for Chilean exports. This will position Chile on the map of the final consumer as one of the main producers of seafood ...

Source: Fish Focus