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A Russian delegation verified Nicaragua's compliance with Russian shrimp export requirements. (Photo: Stock File)
Local shrimp and fish en route to Russia
NICARAGUA
Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 17:20 (GMT + 9)
Nicaragua and Russia have forged an agreement of understanding that grants Nicaraguan shrimp and fish exports greater access to the Russian market.
The agreement was signed in Managua by the head of the Nicaraguan Agricultural and Forest Ministry, Ariel Bucardo, and the head of the Russian mission visiting the country, Yevgeny Dubrovin, an official source reported to EFE.
Bucardo highlighted it as “a groundbreaking event” in that “a powerful country” like Russia values the Central American country’s sanitary system for shellfish production.
During the two-week visit, the Russian delegates inspected local factories and laboratories to certify the quality of Nicaraguan shrimp and fish.
“They came to inspect our plants and laboratories and left satisfied,” said the governmental source. As a result, exporters interested in doing business with Russia need only present a certification from the General Directorate of Agricultural Health and the Agricultural and Forest Ministry, he added.
Nicaragua considers Russia a valuable destination for its fish and shellfish, in allowing it to diversify away from "traditional mainstay markets.”
Meanwhile, Dubrovin confirmed the companies inspected in Nicaragua fulfill the required standards needed to place their shrimp and fish in the Russian market.
Russia has the capacity to buy “thousands of tonnes of shelllfish products” from Nicaragua, the delegate highlighted.
Nicaraguan exports to Russia totalled USD 6.21 million in 2008, whereas a year before USD 9.06 million had been generated from the relationship, Centre of Exports Processing (CETREX) figures show.
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By Analia Murias
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