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    Ecuador signs deal to boost shrimp exports to US!

    • Last Update: 2022-09-06
    • Source: Internet
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    Fisheries Aquaculture U.
    S.
    Food and Drug Administration FDA Export
     
    “The purpose of this agreement is to create a regulatory alliance on health matters so that the Ecuadorian and U.
    S.
    authorities can work more closely together and be able to provide the necessary assurances and controls for fisheries and aquaculture products to enter this market
    .
    This will provide for the export of aquatic products to the U.
    S.
    Farming provides official guarantees to facilitate entry into the country," said CNA Executive President José Antonio Camposano
    .
     
    Under the agreement, FDA representatives will be invited to visit and inspect areas of aquaculture work regulated by the Ecuadorian Deputy Minister of Quality and Safety (SCI, Spanish acronym), including hatcheries, farms, processing plants, feed mills, distributors and laboratories.
    The agreement also calls for a meeting of representatives from the aquaculture and export sectors of both countries
    .
     
    The signing of the agreement in Guayaquil was chaired by MPCEIP Minister Julio José Prado
    .
    The agreement was signed by Andrés Arens, Ecuador's Deputy Minister of Aquaculture and Fisheries, and Mark Abdoo, FDA's Deputy Commissioner for Global Policy and Strategy
    .
     
    "The regulatory agreement signed by the FDA and the Undersecretary for Quality and Safety is a good start to the process of cooperation between our health authority and one of our most important markets," said Yahira Piedrahita, executive director of the CNA
    .
    "This will allow us to provide shrimp Exports to the U.
    S.
    provide official assurances that facilitate the process of entering this country
    .
     
      In the first six months of 2022, Ecuador's shrimp exports once again broke records, exporting a total of 1.
    126 billion pounds, or 510,745 metric tons, of shrimp abroad, a 33% increase over the same period in 2021.
    An increase of 58%, a new record high
    .
     
      During this period, the United States was its second largest market
    .
    Ecuador's shrimp exports to the US rose 34% year-on-year to US$702 million (€699 million), while exports rose 7% to 217 million pounds (98,429 tonnes)
    .
     
      From January 2022 to June 2022, China is Ecuador’s largest destination market, with Ecuador’s shrimp exports valued at USD 1.
    67 billion (EUR 1.
    66 billion) and export volume reaching 592 million pounds (268,527 tons), an increase of 101% year-on-year respectively and 69%
    .
    more than a year
    .
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