Argentina: China opened its market to the entry of rainbow trout grown in freshwater in Patagonia

Buenos Aires – The People's Republic of China authorized the entry of frozen rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), from freshwater aquaculture farming in Argentina. The efforts to achieve this opening and establish health and safety requirements were carried out by the National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa), a decentralized body of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation and the General Customs Administration of China (GACC). The director of Fisheries and Aquaculture Safety at Senasa, Fabián Ballesteros, explained that trout farming “is a type of production that has been developing in the last two years that Senasa is accompanying in the management for the opening of international markets. and in access to the internal market.” The trout that will be exported to China is known as “panzai,” which has a greater weight than the conventional one, known as plate trout. “Each fish reaches about 4 kilos,” said Ballesteros, who specified that ...