Welcome to Business Daily from the BBC World Service. I'm Jane Chambers. Today we're in the South American country of Chile to find out about its second largest export salmon. The fish is widely considered to be a superfood, which is popular in places like the United States, Europe and Japan.

Salmon is an excellent choice of food. It's a protein which is healthy and nutritious.

It's versatile, which means you can have it as a main protein in your dinner or enjoy

with friends at a branch.

That's Francisco Lobos, a passionate advocate for salmon

and the chief corporate officer at Multi-X, a salmon export company.

In 2023, the global Atlantic salmon market was valued at approximately $19 billion.

Norway is currently the world's biggest producer of farm salmon,

with around 45% of the total market share,

followed by Chile, which has about 35%.

According to a recent report from seafood market analysis, Kondali, the global salmon farming industry,

is projected to grow 40% by 2030.

Today we'll be finding out why the market's so important to Chile,

some of the challenges it faces and how it's adapting. That's all coming up in business daily.

My first stop is Multi-X's processing plant in the Port City of Puerto Mont,

11 hours drive down south from Chile's capital, Santiago.

Hello, how do you?

Hello, Jane.

Hi, Mand Row.

Very, very strict cleanliness policy.

I've just started to wash my hands. I'm in a white suit

and I'm currently wading through some water to clean my boots.

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