Returns from Chilean salmon already surpass US$ 1,000 million

Christian Pérez By contrast, Chilean exports of Rainbow trout totalized US$ 167 million as of March this year, representing a 19.3 percent decrease compared to the first three months of 2013. Moreover, this is the worst result for this period since 2008, in the midst of the so called ISA-virus crisis. Meanwhile, the combined exports of Chilean salmonids obtained US$ 1,222 million in returns in the first three months of 2014, showing a 36.2 percent increase compared to the same period of the previous year.