Iceland agrees to start exporting chilled trout to Russian market
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Prime News] September 12, 2014
Iceland, which is not a member of the E.U., plans to start supplying chilled trout to Russia and has already reached an agreement with a large local retail chain, the country’s Ambassador Albert Johnson said late Thursday at a meeting with the Federal Fisheries Agency’s Director Ilya Shestakov.
In 2013, Iceland imported 95,400 tonnes of fish, fish products and seafood to Russia, but the supplies did not include chilled products.
Russia has a trilateral agreement with Iceland and Norway on fishery cooperation. Since 1999, Russia has provided Iceland with a quota on trout fishing in its exclusive economic zone of the Barents Sea.
In August, Russia banned imports of beef, pork, poultry, fish, cheese, dairy products, fruit and vegetables from Australia, Canada, Norway, the U.S. and the E.U. for one year as an answer to Western sanctions. Norway was one of Russia’s major chilled fish suppliers...
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