Slight price increase for Chilean Trim-D in the USA

Christian Pérez The average price of US$ 4.99 per pound in the week 3/2014 is 4.8 percent higher than that seen in the first week of this year (US$ 4.76). Besides, the price of this product has increased 35.2 percent compared to the price observed in the same week of the previous year (US$ 3.69). However, is still far from the higher price recorded in 2013 by the Chilean Trim-D salmon fillet C+F* in Miami: US$ 5.61 in the week 24. According to the weekly report published by SalmonEx, the caliber 10-12 head-on salmon in Brazil has shown a 0.1 percent increase so far this year, from US$ 6.68 per Kg in the first week of 2013 to US$ 6.69 per Kg in the week 3/2014. In this case, the higher price last year was US$ 7,56 and registered in the week 25. In the Japanese market, the Coho Salmon showed a big increase on their prices. This week the price marked 750 yen per Kg and the trout marked 910 yen per Kg.