Ecuador has signed the sanitary protocol for the export of sanitary shrimp to China, the Andean country's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday (13.08.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX).
The Ecuadorian ambassador in Beijing, Carlos Larrea, signed the mechanism for Quito, according to the release.
The agreement, which was signed by the Chinese side by the Vice Minister of the General Administration of Customs, This will boost trade in the product to the Chinese market, shortly after the national government managed to reverse the ban on two out of three shrimp processing and marketing companies from China, after traces of inactive Covid-19 were found in shipments of seafood.
The signing of the instrument sealed diplomatic and technical negotiations aimed at identifying more efficient procedures to improve the exchange of information and strengthen inspection, quarantine and verification procedures for sanitary requirements, which will facilitate commercial operations for the entry of Ecuadorian shrimp into the Chinese market.
The suspensions were lifted after rigorous virtual inspections of the affected establishments, which allowed China, the largest buyer of the Ecuadorian product, to endorse compliance with safety and security protocols.
The steps taken to The solution to the trade problem with shrimp has been framed in the spirit of the conversation held by Foreign Minister Luis Gallegos and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, based on dialogue, negotiation and mutual respect, within the framework of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership signed between the two countries.
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