Tag: CAPECA

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentine fisheries exports down 8,4% in 2022; exchange rate policy hindered sales overseas

  

  Argentine fisheries exports dropped 8,4% last year, to US$ 1,804bn because of lower prices and a retraction in demand from the main markets, according to Capeca, the Chamber of fishing vessels' annual report. Not to mention the Argentine monetary policy with the great exchange rate gap between the official US dollar price and the free market.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Argentina fisheries exports in 2021 reached 515,000 tons; poor year for squid

  

  A first release on Argentina's fisheries exports for 2021, shows an improvement over 2020, and even 2019. However the significant information is that prices for a majority of species during last year were down, even when in the first weeks of 2022, according to the Argentine Chamber of fishing vessels, CAPECA, most prices tend to recover except for Illex squid.