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Tilapia, a fish breeding freshwater reservoirs as Poechos, ponds or conditioned for it, is another product that successfully exports Piura.

According to the Research and Information Unit of the Regional Association of Exporters of Lambayeque - AREX since 2016 is being sent refrigerated and frozen product to countries like Colombia, United States, Chile and Portugal.

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In 2102 Tilapia exports to Colombia and the United States reached $ 300,000 million.

Since then growth has been rising. Data refrigerated exports Tilapia from 2012 to this year fillet registered a total income of $ 7,480,610.

It should be noted that in 2013 an export of $ 1,282,827 value was recorded, which translates into a decrease of 5%.

However, in 2014 and 2015 revenues of $ 1,659,141 and $ 2,580,094 they were recorded, which translates from 2014 to 2015 an increase of 56%.

For the first quarter of this year it has registered $ 610,324.

The average price per kilo for 2012 was $ 8.09, which has been increasing gradually. For this reason, by 2015 the average price was $ 9.26 and for this year increased by 2%, generating an average price of $ 9,44.Se estimated that there are 22 Tilapia production units in Piura, the same as they are located in Sullana, Piura, Paita and Talara.

Piura in supermarkets can be found with prices ranging from 23 soles per kilo.