Although fisheries’ share of GDP in the last ten years has remained between 0.5 and 0.7 per cent, their greatest contributions have been the amount of foreign currency brought in through exports and the number of jobs created. The share of fish processing rose to 1.3 per cent (2001) and 1.8 per cent (1994), with amounts totalling 1,773 million and 1,731 million new soles (at constant 1994 prices), respectively.
Foreign currency earned from fishery exports rose to US$ 1,124 million in 2001. If we take into account the classification of exports by traditional and non-traditional products, we find that traditional products (fishmeal and fish oil) accounted for 926.5 million and non-traditional (canned, frozen, cured and other products) for 197.5 million.