Peru: The tax factor that threatens the tuna industry with its disappearance

Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, president of the Peruvian Tuna Chamber (CPA), details that there is a serious survival problem for the tuna industry, causing Peru, which was recovering regional leadership, to lose it for the second time. The growth of the Peruvian tuna market for this year has slowed down due to factors that have directly to do with state policies and non-compliance with regulations that remain in force to this day. “In 2007 we processed 475 tons of tuna and by 2018 we reached 40,000 tons of tuna. By 2007 we employed 500 people and by 2018 we reached 17,500 people. In 2007 we had total sales of US $ 900,000 and in 2018 we reached US $ 123 million ”, says Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, president of the Peruvian Tuna Chamber (CPA). The projection for 2021 was to double the quantities processed, generate employment for more than 70,000 people and reach US $ 250 million in sales, both for exports and the domestic market. "But this was frustrated because in 2019 it was ...