Singapore authorizes import of frozen crustaceans from Brazil

The government of Singapore communicated to Brazil the sanitary approval of the import of frozen crustaceans (such as shrimp and lobster) and bivalve molluscs (such as oysters and mussels) from Brazil. The current international health certificate, now renegotiated, already allowed the export of fish from extractive fishing and aquaculture. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), the announcement is an important achievement due to the volume of Singaporean per capita consumption of these products, around 22 kg of fish in general per year. In 2022, Singapore imported approximately US$937 million worth of fish, mainly from Malaysia, China and Norway. Of this volume, US$ 223 million corresponded to ...