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Montevideo, July 21st 2025 - 21:16 UTC

Tag: shrimp exports

  • Monday, June 30th 2025 - 09:54 UTC

    Argentine shrimp catch going through severe crisis

    The crisis has led to economic damage in ports like Mar del Plata and Puerto Madryn

    A severe crisis in Argentina's shrimp fishing industry, described as the worst in its history, has left 113 freezer vessels idle, 5,000 workers unemployed, and caused over US$200 million in export losses. The conflict stems from a dispute between fishing companies and unions (SOMU and Simape) over adjusting the Collective Labor Agreement, which ties workers' production bonuses to a 2005 shrimp price of US$12 per kilo.

  • Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:52 UTC

    Ecuador expects shrimp exports to China to resume soon after Covid-19 dispute

    Chinese officials last month said they found six positive results in tests for coronavirus in the walls of a container carrying frozen Ecuadorean shrimp

    Ecuador expects a quick resolution to a trade dispute with China over traces of coronavirus in a container of exported shrimp that led Beijing to suspend imports from three companies, Ecuador’s production and trade minister said on Tuesday.