The director of the National Sanitary Agriculture and Livestock Service (Senasa), Heriberto Amador, anticipated for this year an export reaching almost 50 million pounds of shrimp to the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica and Europe.
For these shipments it is expected to receive revenues of about USD 200 million, the newspaper La Tribuna reported.
Amador stated: "The shrimp export season has started to the eight commercial destinations, including Europe, United States, Costa Rica, Mexico, and in that sense we are projecting that exports remain."
"This kind of trade has been quite beneficial, especially as to shrimp and in 2012 it has generated over HNL 4,000 million (USD 193.2 million) in foreign currency and then, joining the work effort with the shrimp feed industry, and also the inputs used for shrimp production," the official continued.
Armador also highlighted that through an agreement of the National Aquaculture Association of Honduras (Andah) with Senasa, they are working together to achieve the desired expectations.
"We are certified by the European Economic Community, the United States and other countries in the region, and in that sense we have a large window and more expectations, for shrimp exports to continue into the future," he said.
"We are observing what the agricultural food chains that can strengthen the products that can be benefitted are and what the new products that we can export are," he stated.