Colombian tuna firm expects to triple revenue as US lifts yellowfin embargo

PANAMA CITY, Panama -- The US market opening to Colombian yellowfin and the drop of export tariffs from this year is expected to boost the latter's tuna industry. Atunes y Enlatados del Caribe (Atunec), one of Colombia's three tuna processing firms, has big plans to capitalize on the opening. Read also Americas Tuna Conference: Ecuador’s future lies in adding more value, says Heroux.

The tuna industry in Colombia has great potential to continue to grow, thanks to the free trade agreements with both the EU and the US, Miguel Rosales Garcia, Atunec's international commercial director, told Undercurrent News during an interview at the Americas Tuna Conference, held in Panama City, Panama, from Feb. 6-7 [...]

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