After smashing record after record in recent times Ecuador's global monthly shrimp exports fell 3 percent in July from a year earlier to 220.8 million pounds, as producers shipped less to key markets in China, the rest of Asia and the United States, numbers from Ecuadorian shrimp producers' trade body Camara Nacional de Aquacultura (CNA) show.

This came as export prices secured by Ecuadorian producers fell to $2.28 (€2.10) per pound, their lowest monthly level in the industry's reporting period since January 2017.