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Squid, Illex argentinus. (Photo: INIDEP)
CONARPESA achieves major contract with Chinese entrepreneurs
ARGENTINA
Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 03:10 (GMT + 9)
The president of Continental Armadores de Pesca SA (CONARPESA) confirmed the settlement of an agreement with two Chinese companies to sell shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) and squid (Illex argentinus) to them for a total of USD 42 million.
According to Fernando Alvarez Castilian, this agreement will generate more employment in CONARPESA plants, with a consequent positive impact on the economy of the Patagonian region.
The entrepreneur said that Asian delegates visited the plants in Rawson and Puerto Madryn, Chubut, and gave him some ideas on how to pack so that from Argentina the final products are shipped for consumption in China. And he emphasized that "all the value added demand is going to enhance labour in the plants."
Regarding the plant in Caleta Paula, CONARPESA President commented that as the workers form a cooperative, they will be supplied raw material.
Besides, he admitted that they are having discussions with a major firm that wants to rent Omega 3 plant with the possible intention to buy it and make products in the processing plant, Mar y Pesca reported.
"I can not talk until there are further details, but obviously all my intent and efforts are focused on seeing if I can offer productivity to the plant in Caleta Paula," he added.
In 2013 CORNAPESA sold products to China for USD 25 million.
"China consumes the biggest size shrimp and this has saved us from a very difficult situation because we found a market to sell that product," the company president stated.
In this regard, he ensured that China bought them "a very high percentage of frozen shrimp on board," Diario Jornada reported.
"They are discovering the quality of the frozen product we make on land and once they understand that this is a quality product they are going to focus on what our plants produce on land," Alvarez Castellano added.
"Today in Europe more frozen products are sold on land than onboard and the world is going that way. China was a transit country, but now they want to live better and they are starting to have quirks and they will also need the products to be finished in the country of origin, avoiding handling and transport," the entrepreneur concluded.
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By Analia Murias
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