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High costs, insecurity, poor sales promotion threaten Ecuador shrimp sector also in 2023

End of fuel subsidy, increased feed prices, extra security costs and a poor export promotion pushed Ecuadorian shrimp production costs up by 24% year-on-year

By María Feijóo | Feb. 27, 2023 17:46 GMT
Ecuadorian shrimp processor. Credit: Louis Harkell/Undercurrent News
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The future performance of Ecuador's shrimp sector through 2023 is of immense concern, said Ecuador's national chamber of aquaculture, or CNA [...]

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