"The good bilateral relationship favors the exchange": a family innovated in the way of producing pacu and exported for the second time to the United States

The Chaco-based SME Grupo Puerto Las Palmas, belonging to the Meichtry family, completed its second shipment of pacú to the United States, reaffirming its strategy of productive diversification and its international projection. Located in La Leonesa, in eastern Chaco, the company began over four decades ago with the production of rice. In an innovative rotation, it incorporated the breeding of pacú (Piaractus mesopotamicus) as a complement to the cultivation, taking advantage of the synergies between both activities to generate an integrated, efficient, and sustainable production system. The recent shipment consisted of 8,200 kilos of boneless pacú fillets, which arrived at the port of Los Angeles. This is the second commercial export to the U.S. market since 2024. The production cycle of the pacú lasts 15 months, from when it enters the ponds at 100 grams until it reaches a weight of 1.5 kilos. "We sent it to the same client, a large tuna distributor in Los Angeles. It was very ...