According to media reports, Chilean exports of fishery products and aquaculture in 2012 reached US$3.8bn in the first 10 months – a 1% increase over the same period in 2011.
The latest statistics from Chile’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Under-Secretariat (Subpesca) are said to report that the volume of exports also increased by 11.3%, from 942,255 tonnes in 2011 to 1,048,600 tonnes in 2012.
According to the figures, sales of frozen products and fishmeal were the most voluminous (48.9% and 24.1%), followed by fish oil (6.1%). The main export product was Atlantic salmon, which generated a value of US$1.2bn, 31.6% of the total value of exports. This was followed by rainbow trout, Pacific salmon and boneless pelagic fish, among others.
Exports of frozen seafood products are said to have totalled US$484.4m – a 5.9% decrease compared to the same period a year ago. Chile’s main markets for frozen seafood exports included Nigeria (19.5%), Japan (16.3%) and the US (16%).
Chilean products, apparently generated 71.7% of total foreign sales and 50.7% of total exports between January and October last year, were sent to 107 countries, with the major receivers including Japan, US, Brazil, China and Spain.
