REPORTER: Ecuador Shrimp Supply Growth Putting Pressure On Other Producing Countries
This article was originally featured in the WINTER 2024 Edition of Urner Barry’s Reporter magazine.
Ecuador is a South American country of 18 million people that straddles the equator on the west coast of the continent. Their chief exports include crude oil and derivatives, shrimp, bananas, coffee, cut flowers, cocoa, and Panama hats, which they ship to destinations like the United States, Peru, China, Chile, and Panama.
While large-scale shrimp production has been in Ecuador for more than 50 years, it’s the growth in the...
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