Lima, Peru (Andina).- Europe’s interest in purchasing Peruvian fishery products has increased, the Andean country’s National Society of Industries (SNI) reported.
Peru’s fishery exports to European countries totaled US$300 million in 2016, revealed SNI Fishing and Aquaculture Committee President Alfonso Miranda.
Those nations were: France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.
It must be noted Miranda was part of a Peruvian delegation, which attended Seafood Expo Global 2017, the world’s largest seafood trade fair.
Held in Brussels (Belgium) on April 25-27, the event featured more than 1,700 exhibitors from 75 countries.
At the site, European entrepreneurs were highly interested in buying more Inca products, as statistics show.
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Peru’s offer included seafood products: anchovy, tuna, Pacific chub mackerel, scallop and trout, among others.
The national mission was led by Production Minister Bruno Giuffra, as well as authorities and businessmen engaged in the fishing sector.
It must be noted fishery shipments to Europe totaled US$50 million in the January-February 2017 period, an increase of over 50% from the same term last year.
Editor at the digital magazine AquaHoy. He holds a degree in Aquaculture Biology from the National University of Santa (UNS) and a Master’s degree in Science and Innovation Management from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, with postgraduate diplomas in Business Innovation and Innovation Management. He possesses extensive experience in the aquaculture and fisheries sector, having led the Fisheries Innovation Unit of the National Program for Innovation in Fisheries and Aquaculture (PNIPA). He has served as a senior consultant in technology watch, an innovation project formulator and advisor, and a lecturer at UNS. He is a member of the Peruvian College of Biologists and was recognized by the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) in 2016 for his contribution to aquaculture.
