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Canners record lower production, but higher sales
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Canned sardines. (Photo: Tamorlan CC BY 3.0)
Canners record lower production, but higher sales
SPAIN
Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 22:30 (GMT + 9)
The Spanish canning industry reached a 350,000 tonne production in 2012, of which 300,000 tonnes were from Galicia.
The sector achieved an annual turnover of EUR 1,500 million, the majority of which, represented by EUR 1,252 million, was provided by Galician companies. This has been stated by the National Association of Manufacturers of Canned Fish and Shellfish (Anfaco-Cecopesca), on introducing the 2012 balance sheet.
The latest statistics show that Galicia is still the Spanish canning benchmark, representing about 85 per cent of the sector in production and sales.
In 2012, domestic production experienced a 3.1 per cent reduction over the previous year, and the Galician community showed a 3.3 per cent decline.
However, the economic benefits of the previous year did not fall at the same rate. On the contrary, they increased on average 5.6 per cent in Spain and 0.2 per cent in Galicia, La Opinión reported.
Despite the national economic crisis, coupled with the shortage of certain raw materials, such as tuna – the canning seafood production managed to dodge the obstacles.
According to Anfaco secretary general, Juan Manuel Vieites, the lack of other species, such as mussels, cephalopods specimens, mackerel and anchovies, also influenced as well as the limited catches of the fleet due to insufficient allocated fishing quotas.
The union leader also mentioned that in 2012 exports grew by 5 per cent on average.
In the case of Galicia, sales abroad increased their economic performance by 4.17 per cent over the previous year and exceeded EUR 535 million.
Meanwhile, the consulting firm SymphonyIri said the rise in the average price of all canned seafood amounted to 6.9 per cent and reached USD 8.3 per kilogram, mainly evidenced by the behaviour shown by tuna.
Meanwhile, 152,284 tonnes of canned seafood were marketed in the accumulated product of 12 months up to 9 September, 2012, just 0.8 per cent more than in 2011, Alimarket reported.
By Analia Murias
editorial@fis.com
www.fis.com
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