Projects worth more than US$ 124 million after Enexpro Sea Products

In addition to Australia, the 30 participating importers came from countries including China, Thailand, Spain, Poland, Canada and Costa Rica.

More than 300 business meetings had Chilean fishing and aquaculture companies with counterparts from 21 countries, in the context of Enexpro Productos del Mar, a meeting organized by ProChile in Puerto Varas to connect the national supply with the demand for seafood internationally. 

The event brought together 30 importers from countries including China, Thailand, Spain, Poland, Canada, Costa Rica and Australia, which recently opened its market to fresh salmon from Chile. Company representatives met with 60 Chilean counterparts to learn about their products. According to ProChile, the agency that promotes Chilean exports in the world, the business wheel concluded with a projection of more than 124 million dollars. 

“This is a very relevant figure, which translates into an export perspective for our companies in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. We are very happy with the reception of the companies we brought from diverse markets in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Australia, which were also able to learn about the production process of our seafood,” said Lorena Sepúlveda, National Director of ProChile. “This is a very good one news for the diversification of the products that Chile sends to the world, and also of the destination markets that reach our exports,” he added.

In addition to participating in business meetings, international importers were able to visit facilities of different companies in the Los Lagos Region, in order to learn about the production process of salmon and mussels in Chile. 

“The benefit for me of coming here is that I can visit the suppliers side, production and visit the farms. I can get information from the producers and learn more,” said Thitiphan Sinphohnitikul, representative of the Thai company Central Food Wholesale, which distributes Chilean salmon in its stores. 

For his part, Gerardo Rojas, of the Mexican company Piscimex, said that "it is impressive to know the facilities, the state-of-the-art technology and the work of people in salmon and mussels. It was worth coming to the other end of America."

Seafood is Chile’s largest export industry after mining, with shipments exceeding US$7,700 million last year. Salmon is the leading product, but shipments of mussels and jack mackerel also grew. Chile is the world’s largest exporter of both. 

Image credit: ProChile.