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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The total landings of quota species for the second quarter of 2023 have declined by 25%, the Namibia Statistics Agency revealed.<\/p>\n According to the statistical bulletin for the second quarter of 2023 that was released by the NSA, the total landings declined by 24.7%, as 81 469 metric tonnes were landed during the quarter, compared to the 108 179MT that was recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n The statistics further indicate there is an overall decline recorded in all fish species, except for monk, which recorded an increase of 15%.<\/p>\n Topping the landing chart is horse mackerel, which registered 44 548MT, followed by hake with 33 816MT, with monk in third place, recording 1 825MT.<\/p>\n During the same quarter under review, N$4.1 billion worth of fish and fish products were exported in juxtaposition to N$3.2 billion that was recorded in the second quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cThese products were mainly destined for the European market, with Spain accounting for a share of 36.6%. Mainly frozen filleted hake was exported to Spain, followed by 15.4% of horse mackerel that was exported to the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as 14.3% of horse mackerel to Zambia,\u201d the NSA bulletin stated.<\/p>\n In terms of imports, it further states that fish and related imports declined from N$274 million during the last quarter of 2022 to N$173 million during the second quarter of 2023.<\/p>\n These products were mainly imported from Falkland Islands, accounting for 65.8% (mainly frozen cutlet fish and squid), followed by 20.2% from South Africa and 4.5% (mainly sardines) from Spain.<\/p>\n \u201cA surplus for products of fish, amounting to N$4 billion, was recorded during the period under review, an improvement when compared to N$2.9 billion recorded in the parallel quarter,\u201d NSA stated.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eveline de Klerk Africa-Press – Namibia. The total landings of quota species for the second quarter of 2023 have declined by 25%, the Namibia Statistics Agency revealed. According to the statistical bulletin for the second quarter of 2023 that was released by the NSA, the total landings declined by 24.7%, as 81 469 metric tonnes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-54560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\n