Promising to tell you the Prawn, the whole Prawn and nothing but the Prawn. Here I shine a light on global shrimp aquaculture and downstream markets. For those looking in from outside and those inside interested in the wider outside. Food trends, intelligence, tech, regulatory, investment and some fun, way out, or even wacky, shrimp material. Compressing 4,000 years of shrimp knowledge into 40 years – and counting.
Ecuadorian vannamei shrimp export prices $2.6/pound.
Vannamei shrimp prices in local market (picture above) in Ecuador $4.0/pound.
50% markup sounds reasonable for retail anywhere in the world but here , in the cradle of global vannamei shrimp production, these shrimp are not acceptable for local consumers……in price nor in quality.
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