Brazilian farmed shrimp exports fell 72 percent, from 277 metric tons in 2014 to 77 metric tons in 2015 in terms of volume, and 81 percent, from $2.2 million (€2 million) to $400,000 (€360,320) in terms of value in the same period as the government has failed to lend support to the once-thriving industry.
Only over a decade ago, Brazil's shrimp farming was seen as a booming industry on a global scale, with exports of 58,455 metric tons at a value of $226 million (€203.6
