Peru has the potential to multiply by 20 aquaculture shipments up to US$ 8,000 million
Seafood
Peru
Published Feb 28, 2023
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"Aquaculture is for fishing the same as agriculture is for harvesting, the difference is that agriculture has existed for thousands of years and aquaculture has a period of expansion of a few decades," he explains. Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, president of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Committee of the National Society of Industries (SNI). This economic activity, which is relatively new in Peru, has great potential to generate thousands of jobs in the country in a decentralized manner, says the report published today in the Official Gazette El Peruano. Peruvian aquaculture wants to follow in the footsteps of agricultural exports, this last field activity went from 642 million dollars in 2000 to 9.876 million dollars in 2022, according to figures from the Association of Exporters (Adex). Miranda refers that the agro-industry achieved this significant growth thanks to a promoting State policy, which has not been of the same intensity and consistency in aquaculture in the last two decades.
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08:00 | Lima, Feb. 28. By Miguel De la Vega Polanco "For this reason, it is not surprising that while agriculture has export levels close to 10,000 million dollars, aquaculture has barely 411 million dollars of exports in 2022 and that the diversification of aquaculture has not been possible either", points. Export products The main aquaculture products that Peru exports are prawns, scallops, trout, tilapia and paiche; which are sent primarily to the markets of the European Union, the United States and China. Peru exported shrimp for 248.8 million dollars in 2022, followed by scallops (103.3 million dollars), trout (49.2 million dollars), tilapia (2.9 million dollars) and paiche (52,000 dollars), according to Adex figures. To have the context of aquaculture in his sector, total exports of Peruvian fishing reached 3.950 million dollars in 2022, while aquaculture reached about 411 million, says Eyzaguirre. "Aquaculture has been seen as a younger daughter of fishing and, therefore, ...
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