The work reveals different inputs that rose even above inflation, which is why the sector loses competitiveness month after month.
The Fisheries and freezer shipowners in Argentina (capeca) reveals that The m3 of diesel oil had a variation, from September 2021 to May 2024, of 1109.8%; while the exchange rate (TCN), in the same period, varied by 798.2%.
Between February 2020 and May 2024, oil (205lts) increased by 2775.3%; and the TCN 1370%; sulfite (x kg) had a variation of 1656% and TCN 1359.3%.
The sector asks to suspend export duties on all fishing products until October 31
“Having an almost fixed exchange rate, the variation of all our costs plus the tax burden mean that today the fishing industry is experiencing a very difficult time. Today more than 50% of a ship’s turnover goes into labor costs,” held Eduardo Boieropresident of CAPECA
This constant loss of competitiveness led the fishing sector to request the Undersecretary of Aquatic Resources and Fisheries, Juan Antonio López Cazorla, Temporarily suspend export duties on all fishery products until October 31.
“To this problem, the report points out, is added the falls in international prices and demand from very important markets such as China and Europe. This will be reflected in the shrimp catching season, which began a few days ago.”
Although the activity today is at the peak of production, capturing the number of tons allowed per species, profit margins are increasingly lower, the Chamber laments.
In short, CAMECA concludes that “the high internal costs, the very low prices in the international market and the low demand (as in the case of shrimp) do nothing more than presage a crisis in the fishing sector.”
Source: Ambito
