Feburary 1, 2008

Chile fish exports increase 6.5 percent on year
 

Chilean fish and aquaculture exports totalled US$3.5 billion in the first 11 months of 2007, which is an increase of 6.5 percent from the same period last year, according to the Fisheries Sub-secretariat (SUBPESCA).

The export volume of seafood products in 2007's first 11 months showed an increase of 3.2 percent from 1.27 million tonnes in 2006 to 1.31 million tonnes.

Frozen products accounts for 40.4 percent, followed by fishmeal at 34.6 percent while fresh chilled and canned products made up the rest.

According to SUBPESCA, Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout accounted for 37.5 percent and 13.7 percent respectively of total exports. The two products that increased the most in value are mussel and southern hake.

Chilean exports were shipped to 129 countries with the nine most important countries accounting 77.5 percent of the total export value.

Accumulated value of non-farmed exports increased by 8.2 percent compared to 2006, totalling 821,000 tonnes and US$1,246 billion.

Chile's Region X has suffered from an outbreak of ISA disease in December last year.

                      Source: Fisheries Sub-secretariat