CHINA-SHRIMP MARKET DEPENDENCE
China has been the biggest shrimp market nowadays and Ecuador shrimp are the among the main source. Before most Ecuador shrimp farm use natural aquaculture, only hatchery farms adopt high density cultivation by roots blower aerator with microporous nano tube diffuser, nowadays, more and more adult farms adopt RAS or biofloc system for high density aquaculture.
SHRIMP Export statistics of Ecuador 2018
1,115,223,755 pounds
506,919 kilograms
$ 3,198,715,524 dollars
19% increase in pounds and 12% increase in dollars
62% Asia (mostly CHINA MARKET)
22% Europe
14% United States
2% America
Source: Ecuadorian National Chamber of Aquaculture
China has been the biggest shrimp market nowadays and Ecuador shrimp are the among the main source. Before most Ecuador shrimp farm use natural aquaculture, only hatchery farms adopt high density cultivation by roots blower aerator with microporous nano tube diffuser, nowadays, more and more adult farms adopt RAS or biofloc system for high density aquaculture.
SHRIMP Export statistics of Ecuador 2018
1,115,223,755 pounds
506,919 kilograms
$ 3,198,715,524 dollars
19% increase in pounds and 12% increase in dollars
62% Asia (mostly CHINA MARKET)
22% Europe
14% United States
2% America
Source: Ecuadorian National Chamber of Aquaculture