According to Peru's Office for Trade Promotion and Investment, the country will boost its seafood exports to the US market.
The agency said the country will seek to grow its alliances with major US supermarkets, reporting that US supermarkets accounted for 70% of seafood sales in 2012.
Peruvian officials said they will focus on frozen seafood exports and will develop value-added, easy to prepare and highly nutritional products at competitive prices to meet the latest trends in US seafood consumption.
If Peru wants to export more seafood products to the United States, it must seek out American warehouse membership and supercenter stores, according to the Trade and Investment Promotion Office of Peru, based in Los Angeles.
The office recommends “strengthening strategic alliances” with those large-scale retail outlets in order to accelerate growth of seafood shipments to the United States, according to a release from the office.
The office estimated the American seafood sector has grown 14.6 percent in retail sales in recent years, and in 2012 this sector totaled USD 16 billion (EUR 12.2 billion), selling 70 percent of the nation’s seafood to consumers.
The office recommended Peruvian seafood producers concentrate on frozen products, as well as products that are easy to prepare with a high nutritional content, and competitive prices.
Drop of 2 percent in fisheries production
Consultant explained that the decline will be due to lower catch quotas anchovy and mackerel taken by the Government
The national fish production this year will experience a contraction of 2 percent due primarily to lower anchovy and horse mackerel quotas mandated by the government, the consultant projected Maximixe today.
"While for anchovy fishing season, which ends this summer has provided minimum quantities ,the permitted quotas will improve in the coming season. It is not excluded either a review of the summer quotas ", said the consultant.
He further explained that in the fisheries sector is currently discussing the fishing quota scheme, as the weather reasons the breeding season of anchovy becoming unpredictable.
Maximixe also noted that in 2013 the weather is unfavorable for the anchovy and other warm water species such as squid and mackerel.
"The smallest fish is expected to be offset by higher direct human consumption in the country, which is also driven from the government," he added.