Taiwan PC exported 32% more frozen tilapia during the January-June 2013 period at 18 400 tonnes compared with a year ago, with frozen whole tilapia taking a 90% share. Exports of this category (16 564 tonnes) increased to almost all markets except for Saudi Arabia, Japan and Qatar.
As a part of a Belize-Taiwan Aquaculture Project, the latter has donated USD 651 725 to the Ministry of Agriculture of Belize making it the second donation toward the five-year tilapia project that will cost approximately BZD 5 million. The project aims to provide male tilapia fingerlings to small-scale farmers around the country.