Higher Mexican shrimp production leads to growing exports to the Netherlands

Particularly in the shrimp sector, a number of Mexican companies entered the European market in 2020 and this is reflected in the figures: Mexican exports of shrimp to the European market amounted to $ 25.1 million in 2020, an increase of 333 % from 2019 ($ 5.8 million). The Netherlands occupies an important position here: 84% of these exports to Europe, or $ 21.2 million, were imported by the Netherlands. This made shrimp the fastest growing agricultural export product from Mexico to the Netherlands in 2020, and in one year it became the fourth most important agricultural export from Mexico to the Netherlands (after avocado, orange juice, and limes). Shrimps The combination of an ever-increasing domestic demand, the great potential as an export product and the optimal conditions for shrimp production in various states of the country, means that this sector in Mexico is experiencing impressive growth. The total breeding industry today has an annual turnover of more than USD 850 ...