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Ban on Costa Rican Shrimp Lifted

After three years the United States has again certified Costa Rica as a supplier of shrimp and derivative products.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

A statement from the Ministry of Agriculture reads:

The State Department of the United States recently issued authorizing certification to Costa Rica to continue exports of shrimp and shrimp products to the United States, after three years of the market being kept closed to Costa Rican shrimp due to breaches in the use of turtle excluder devices(TEDs) in national vessels.

"The United States acknowledges that in Costa Rica Fishing for wild shrimp the way it does today, is not a threat to sea turtles," said the Minister of Agriculture, Gloria Abraham Peralta, adding that the result is one of the goals of the current administration, seeking to improve the competitiveness of the productive sectors in equilibrium with environmentally responsible practices.

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Opportunities in Shrimp Market

July 2013

A decline in farmed shrimp production in Mexico could generate opportunities in Europe, America, and Japan for regional producers.

From an article by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER):

Producers of shrimp raised in farms in Sinaloa are facing a serious illness, which has already caused a high mortality rate and millions in economic losses.

Equivalence of Standards for Organic Products

April 2013

Costa Rica and Canada have recognized the equivalence of regulations governing the accreditation and certification of organic agricultural products in both countries.

This agreement "... allows free passage for Costa Rican exporters, dedicated to this subsector, to export to the U.S. market," noted an article in Elfinancierocr.com.

Guatemala Re-Certified for Exporting Shrimp to the U.S.

May 2010

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service extended for another year the country’s authorization to export shrimp.

Manuel Ixquiac, head of Unipesca, Guatemala’s Fishing Authority, explained that the U.S. decided to extend the country’s authorization after conducting a yearly audit.

US Bans Costa Rican Shrimp Imports

May 2009

Beginning on May 1, the US closed the market to marine shrimp because Costa Rica does not apply the turtle protection law.

The measure, which was endorsed by the United States Embassy in Costa Rica, was taken based on the fact that shrimp fishermen do not use “the Turtle Excluder Device” (TED) in trawl nets.