Rabobank chief seafood analyst Gorjan Nikolik pointed out that after experiencing a growth stagnation in 2024 (export volume was on par with the previous year, while export value dropped by 4%), the performance of Ecuador's white shrimp industry in 2025 once again overturned global perceptions. The industry had once been questioned about whether Ecuador's shrimp industry had reached a growth bottleneck, but it appears that its potential has not yet been fully tapped. Excluding 2024, Ecuador's production has maintained double-digit growth over the past five years (24% in 2021, 26% in 2022, 14% in 2023, 0% in 2024, and 15% in 2025), breaking production limits continuously, with a growth rate far exceeding that of other shrimp-farming countries. Nikolik stated that in 2025, the Chinese market accounted for about half of Ecuador's export volume, but the growth rate was only 5%, with the European and American markets making up for the sluggish demand from China. The European market was ...