Crustacean production accounted for most of the increase. In the first half of the year, the cumulative increase was 23.3%.
Fishing has established itself as one of the sectors that has avoided the crisis and in June it registered its highest monthly growth of 2024. The production of crustaceans (mainly shrimp and prawns) accounted for most of the increase.
According to the Fishing Industrial Production Index (IPIP), the activity of the sector grew 21.6% compared to May. Likewise, compared to June 2023, the increase was 35.5%.
Thus, In the first half of the year, the cumulative growth was 23.3%. During this period, the species that presented the best performance were the molluskswith 44.6%; followed by crustaceans, with 16.4% and fish, with 7.2%.
The landings made by freezer ships explained most of this dynamic, although in June those that grew the most were those carried out by fresh fish vessels.
“The IPI for maritime fishing presents a changing seasonal pattern and a lot of irregularity. Therefore, it is likely that, as new data are incorporated into the original series, there will be frequent revisions of the historical values already published in the seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle series,” INDEC clarified.
Mining production
This Wednesday the INDEC also announced the Mining Industrial Production Index (IPIM)which grew 3.3% year-on-year in June, 0.3% monthly, and 8.2% in the first half of the year.
In the sixth month of the year, one particularly stood out: 128% year-on-year jump in lithium productionthe new star mineral, key to the production of electric batteries.
According to INDEC, there were 6,069 tons of lithium carbonatethe highest number since INDEC began the count in June 2023. Similarly, the percentage variation was also the highest since October 2021, when the agency began official statistics.
Source: Ambito
