The 133-tonne shipment has helped raise the city’s seafood export output in the first two months of this year to 9,000 tonnes and earn US$43 million, a year-on-year increase of 29 percent.

Due to difficulties in shrimp exports to the US, local seafood possessors have expanded their markets to Central and South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania.

More than 3,000 tonnes of shrimp and catfish have been exported to Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore and Thailand.