Russian manufacturers ask to open export to Indonesia

The problems with the supply of fish products to China and South Korea caused by the pandemic are forcing Russian fish producers to look for new markets. The Alaska Pollock Harvesters Association asks the Rosselkhoznadzor to expedite the opening of Indonesia for export: the service cannot agree on all the necessary documents from 2017. In total, 5% of the world market is still closed for Russian fish products, which is why producers annually receive less than 6 billion rubles. The Association of Alaska Pollock Hunters (ADM) proposes to accelerate the work on opening Indonesia for the export of Russian fish products. ADM sent letters to Rosselkhoznadzor, Rosrybolovstvo and Ministry of Industry and Trade. Now, the authors of the letters write, the bulk of Russian production goes to China and South Korea. According to Rosstat, in the first half of 2020, the volume of exports increased by 6.7%, to 1.16 million tons, compared to the same period last year. But the COVID-19 pandemic and ...