The restriction came into effect in October last year, when the Mexican health authorities decided to suspend imports of fresh Honduran shrimp for the alleged presence of yellow head disease (YHD).
According to ANDAH, they have stopped exporting 100 containers weighing 50,000 pounds each. Considering a price of USD 3.5 per pound, it means that the income of USD 17.5 million has been lost.
In export prices, the measure caused a drop of 40 cents per pound, so for an export volume of four million pounds, the resulting reduction in revenue reaches USD 1.6 million.
However, in 2017, 68.5 million pounds of farmed shrimp were exported for USD 225.8 million, an increase of 26.1 percent in volume and 4.4 percent in value, compared to the 2016 figures, according to ANDAH statistics.
The Honduran shrimp sector is waiting for Mexico to lift the suspension of imports of the national product.