(+) Price growth gives dry fish lift

The penetrating aroma of dry fish fills the corridors of markets such as Terepaima in Barquisimeto, although the stalls continue to display them, sales have fallen and it is that for traders the tradition of eating it is ending. "Here I have come to ask how it is prepared and that if it is salted or if it is very hard. The dried fish or dried chigüire, more than all the older people buy it," said Criseidis Meléndez, a saleswoman. Tony Alvarado, …

Dry fish exports increased in value in the first quarter. The volume sank, but the willingness to pay is still to the place.