Slight increase in the price of Chilean Trim-D in the USA

Christian Pérez The average price of US$ 5.26 per pound in the week 28/2013 is 45.3 percent higher than that seen in the first week of 2013 (US$ 3.62). Besides, the price of this product has increased 43.3 percent compared to the price observed in the same week of the previous year (US$ 3.67). A similar situation occurs with the head-on salmon in Brazil. According to the weekly report published by SalmonEx, this product has shown a 64.6 percent increase so far this year, from US$ 4.55 per Kg in the first week of 2013 to US$ 7.49 per Kg in the week 28/2013.