Peru: Fish exports record outstanding rise

A volume of 250,900 tonnes of fish resources was exported, representing a 242.3 per cent increase over the 73,300 tonnes shipped a year earlier.

This rise was mainly due to higher sales for indirect human consumption (fishmeal and fish oil).

According to the latest Statistical Bulletin issued by Produce, in January 2012 a volume of 225,100 tonnes of resources was sent abroad for indirect human consumption, that is to say, a 339.6 per cent more than in the same month last year, when 51,200 tonnes had been exported.

During the first month of the year, a total of 173,000 tonnes of fishmeal was exported, representing a 270.4 per cent increase in January of 2011 (46,700 tonnes).

The main markets for Peruvian fishmeal were China, Germany, Japan and Chile, which accounted for 84 per cent of total sales.

Meanwhile, crude oil exports totalled 52,100 tonnes, that is to say, a 1057.8 per cent increase compared to January 2011, when only 4,500 tonnes were sent abroad.

Peruvian crude oil was mostly directed to Denmark, Chile, Belgium and Canada, markets that accounted for 88.1 per cent of the shipments.

With regard to resources for direct human consumption, during the first month of the year 19,700 tonnes were exported, a figure which represents an increase of 19.4 per cent compared to January 2011 (16,500 tonnes).

Also in January 2012 about 14,774 tonnes of frozen products were exported while in the same month last year 14,200 tonnes had been sold abroad.

These products were directed mainly to the United States, China, Japan, Spain and South Korea, and represented 9,090 tonnes of the total.

On the other hand, in the first month of 2012 a volume of 4,384 tonnes of canned goods was sold abroad, representing a 109.5 per cent increase compared to the 2,100 tonnes exported in the same month in 2011.

The main destinations of these products were South Africa, Dominican Republic, Chile and Panama, which received 2,852 tonnes of total exports.