September 7, 2009
Indonesian fish exports hit by EU's tight control
Indonesia's fish exports to Europe are hampered by a tight control imposed by the EU, Indonesian Trade Attache Hari Prawoko in Paris said.
Prawoko said on Thursday (Sep 3) that the EU's 100 percent control, which was imposed internationally, hampered Indonesia's fishery exports.
Prawoko said due to this, all sides need to take various efforts, including holding bilateral meeting with the EU, so that the 100 percent control could be changed with sample control such as the one imposed on shrimp imports since 2008.
He said that in order to increase Indonesia's fish exports it had to improve the quality and diversification of its fish products.
In the meanatime, Indonesian head of the statistics and information centre of the Ministry of Maritime and Fisheries Affairs Soen'an H Poernomo said that Indonesia still needed to improve the quality of its fish exports in order to increase their competitive edge.
Soen'an said that the quality and competitive edge of Indonesian fish exports needed to be increased in order to meet the need for fish of consumer in Paris. This is also needed to face fish supplies from nearer countries.
France is importing fish supplies such as mackerel from Portugal, tuna from Spain, Ivory Coast and Madagascar, shrimp from Madagascar and Brazil and smoked fish from Norway and Ireland.
Soen'an said that one of the efforts to increase Indonesia's exports to European Union, was to take part in the EU-Indonesia Business Diaglog on October 1-2, 2009.
