Despite Fourth Quarter Slump, Aquachile Posts 6% Gain in 2014 Sales
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Techno Press] March 30, 2015
Despite a fourth quarter slump, Chilean salmon producer and distributor Aquachile posted a 6 percent gain in sales last year.
Aquachile's full year 2014 sales totaled US$779 million. The company's earnings were $78 million.
The company said last year's better sales performance was primarily driven by "an improvement in margins of cultivated species, especially Atlantic salmon and trout compared to the same period of 2013. The company during the year (2014) presented low mortality in their biomass and an increase in the average weight of fish harvested in the previous year (2013), which is a consequence of health and productivity improvements observed in industry and production and prevention strategy adopted by the company, "said AquaChile...
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