July 27, 2010

Peru urges Brazil to reopen sardine market

The Peruvian government will ask Brazil to allow Peruvian sardine to enter the market, said Deputy Minister for Fisheries Maria Isabel Talledo.

The government officials will request the order during the next bilateral meeting which will take place in August, with representatives from both countries meeting in Lima.

This is one of the issues that the presidents of Brazil and Peru, Alan Garcia and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, discussed last June in Manaos, when they also signed 12 bilateral agreements relating to the integration and cooperation of energy, health, finance and education.

Last month, the Association of Exporters (ADEX) delivered several proposals to Jose Gonzales, the director of Produce, which were aimed at boosting various sectors of production, and among other initiatives, they suggested managing the income of Peruvian sardine to Brazil.

The delay in income made by the fish being sent to Brazil is due to local authorities not recognising Peruvian anchovy and sardine.

Peru bases its decisions on a report prepared by the Department of Animal Products (Dipo), a regulatory unit related to health issues in the country.