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After the 2023/24 El Niño cycle, fishmeal production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is expected to recuperate back to 1.1 million metric tons (MMT), a 39 percent increase compared to the previous year's estimates.

Fishmeal exports reached a surprising 1.2 million metric tons (MMT) in MY 2021, the highest amount in ten years. However, production and exports are forecast to return to more normal levels at 910,000 and 896,000 metric tons, respectively.

Fishmeal production in MY 2021/2022 is forecast at 900,000 MT. Fishmeal exports in MY 2021/2022 are estimated at 894,000 MT, remaining at the same levels as the previous year.

For over a decade, Peru has been one of the world’s top performing economies, registering sustained high growth accompanied by low inflation.

Fishmeal production in marketing year (MY) 2019/2020 (January-December 2019) is estimated at 890,000 MT, falling 25 percent compared to the previous year.

Peru is the world's leading fishmeal exporter. Fishmeal production for MY2017/2018 is up 29 percent over the previous marketing year.

Fishmeal production in marketing year (MY) 2017/2018 (January-December 2018) is forecast at 705,000 metric tons (MT), three percent lower than the estimated production in the previous year.

Peru is the largest fishmeal exporter in the world.