Singapore market opening for Brazilian frozen crustaceans and molluscs

Published 2023년 8월 23일

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The Brazilian government is pleased with Singapore's approval to import frozen crustaceans and bivalve molluscs from Brazil. This approval is significant because Singapore consumes a large amount of these products, with the country importing approximately $223 million worth of crustaceans and $115 million worth of molluscs in 2022. This achievement follows the recent opening of the Singaporean market to processed beef and pork from Brazil.

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The Brazilian government was pleased to receive the announcement by the government of Singapore of sanitary approval for the importation 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. 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 crustaceans and US$ 115 million to molluscs. This result adds to ...

Source: Agricultura