Imports of fishery Products from Vietnam Suspended
The Panamanian Food Safety Authority has temporarily banned seafood imports from Vietnam.
Monday, February 1, 2016
From the resolution published in the Official Newspaper La Gaceta:
"...Resolves:
FIRST: Order a temporary suspension of the sale of fishery products from the Republic of Vietnam, until its health authorities definitively clarify, using technical and scientific methods, that they are free of the bacteria "Vibrio cholerae" and therefore that the product may be imported and marketed safely in the Republic of Panama.
SECOND: All fishery products coming from the Republic of Vietnam, from the effective date of this resolution, must be identified to the SISNIA or at any point of entry, and will be held in the warehouses of importers with samples taken for laboratory analysis, which must be paid for by the importer, in order to determine the presence or absence of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. '"
According to projections by the Nicaraguan fishing sector, this year growth could be explained, mainly, by the performance of the production of lobster, sea cucumber and fish.
After the local fishing industry registered $282 million in sales abroad in 2017, the Central Bank of Nicaragua and the Nicaraguan Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Inpesca) jointly prepared a projection for 2018, the result of which is an expectation that the sector will grow 7.5%.
Beyond the overall growth of the sector, fisheries managers say that they are being held back by the high price of fuel and electricity, and high interest rates.
Figures from the Foreign Trade Promotion Office (Procomer) reveal that between January and May three of the four major fishery products increased their exports compared to 2012, fresh or frozen fish grew by 22.46%, tuna 16.59 % and shrimp 59.71% while fish fillets decreased by 5.88%.
The Ministry of Agriculture found no reason to restrict Japan's food imports.
The National Animal Health Service (SENASA) had banned on March 23rd imports of animal products as a consequence of the nuclear crisis affecting the Japanese Island.
"However, the Minister of Agriculture, Gloria Abraham, stated that additional research and technical elements where required to support such a measure, which affects international trade," reported La Nacion on its website.
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