Brazil: With tilapia on the rise, fish exports from Paraná grew 20% in the 1st half of the year

Fish exports grew 20% in Paraná in the first half of 2024, reaching 3.26 thousand tons, against 2.7 thousand tons in the same period last year. The financial amount in this period also increased, even more significantly, by 82%, reaching US$ 16.3 million, compared to US$ 8.9 million in the first half of 2023. The data appears in the Agricultural Situation Bulletin of Paraná, released on Thursday (25/07) and produced by the Department of Rural Economy (Deral), of the State Secretariat for Agriculture and Supply (Seab). The main destination for fish from Paraná abroad is the United States, which accounts for 98% of exports. US$15.9 million were sold to the North American country, mostly tilapia, according to data compiled by the Paraná Institute for Economic and Social Development (Ipardes). Next comes Canada, with US$90 thousand in exports, also of tilapia, and Mozambique, in Africa, with US$57 thousand of fish of other species. Fish from Paraná also goes to countries in Europe, ...