Argentina exported 329,751 tonnes of seafood between January and September, 2013, a figure which shows an increase of 14.9 per cent compared to the same period in 2012, when 286 899 tonnes were shipped abroad.
According to statistics from the National Health and Food Quality Service (Senasa), in the first nine months of this year 182,201 tonnes of fish were exported, 2.8 per cent more than in the same period in 2012 (177,236 tonnes).
Until September, 147,550 tonnes of seafood were also exported, 34.3 per cent more than in the same period last year, when 109,863 tonnes were sold overseas.
The highest export records were those of squid (Illex argentinus), with 91 727 tonnes, 43.7 per cent more than the 63,819 tonnes that were exported between January and September, 2012.
It was followed by hake (Merluccius hubbsi), with 85,308 tonnes, 7.7 per cent more than during the first nine months of last year (79,145 tonnes), and shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri), with 48,113 tonnes, 21.1 per cent more than during the same period last year (39,714 tonnes).
Among the resources that increased their shipments abroad are the Patagonian anchovy (Engraulis anchoita), whose sales grew by 0.6 per cent, changing from 5,724 tonnes between January and September, 2012 to 5,759 tonnes in the same period of 2013.
More stingray (Potamotrygon brachyura) was also exported, changing from 4,342 tonnes to 4,450 tonnes (2.4 per cent); and Patagonian scallop (Zygochlamys patagonica), from 4,660 to 4,869 tonnes (4.4 per cent).
The species that recorded declines when comparing the first nine months of 2013 with the same period last year were: Hoki, whitemouth croaker, pollock.