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| Ecuador Sea products |
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& Frozen Fish | Tuna | Others | | |  Shrimp | | Ecuador is the second largest producer in the West and largest source of farmed shrimp and prawns in the world. The major domestic shrimp is the white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei), farmed in local ponds and uses an area of around 178,000 hectares. Shrimp from Ecuador is exported with head-on shrimp or in shrimp tails raw as well as the frozen variety with the shell on and glazed. Peeled shrimp (deveined, non-deveined, and tail on) are further
products for export. Shrimp of all sizes are shipped out all year around although the main tails grading of 26/30 per pound (40/50 per kilogram) or smaller. The major importers of shrimp from Ecuador are the United States, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium and Holland. The product is shipped in waxed cardboard boxes, 5 pounds (2.2 kilograms) each. These are further consolidated into 50-pound (22-kilogram) boxes then loaded into refrigerated containers of 20 or 40-cubic-foot capacity for shipment by sea. Deliveries can in addition upon request be air freighted. See The exporters list
for this product. |  | | Fresh & Frozen Fish | | Ecuador has an abundance of fish types that front the world marketplace. Exports of fresh and frozen fish examples include the dorado, tuna, sea bass, sea bass, and swordfish and the main buyers are the United States, Japan, Spain and Colombia.
Ecuador's third marine export is also fishmeal, which is used in the following countries local cuisine in preparing fishmeals in Japan, Colombia, Germany and Mexico and several others.
Ecuadorian fishmeal is very high in protein with a level of 65
percent. The fish meal is packed in polypropylene bags in quantities of about 50 kilograms after an antioxidant process. See The exporters list for this product. | | | Tuna | | | This product is exported as chunks packed in oil or brine, or as flakes packed in oil in canned type. Additionally, Canned sardines are sent in both tomato sauce and oil, although macarela is canned in brine. Finally, Squid has also been exported in small but expanding quantities since 1985. It is shipped after being eviscerated and subsequently
frozen whole but most often with the head severed, or sectioned into fins, tentacles, or mantle. In summary, Ecuadorian ships its marine products to over than 30 countries. See The exporters list for this product. | | | Sea products | | Shrimp | Fresh & Frozen Fish | Tuna | Others | | Export links: |
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