Peru's Seafood Sector Seeks To Drive Sales To US

Lima – Peruvian seafood shipments to the United States will grow faster by strengthening strategic alliances with warehouse membership stores and supercenter stores of such country, said the Trade and Investment Promotion Office of Peru in Los Angeles (California).

The trade office explained that within the structure of the U.S. retail channel, the supermarkets are those with the best growth prospects for Peruvian seafood exports in the coming years.

Moreover, it noted that in the United States supermarkets continue to lead sales of seafood with a 70 percent at the end of 2012.

The office in charge of the expansion of Peru's exportable offer in western United States stated that according to the characteristics of the American seafood market, the most promising opportunities for Peruvian supply of seafood are in the segment of frozen products.

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