PERU fishing with guts to report…
Between January and October this year, Ecuador exported shrimp for $ 2.1709 billion, an amount that placed this product for the first time, ahead of bananas, whose sales abroad generated USD 2,156,500,000.
Shrimp exports accounted in the first 10 months of this year 21% of the value of non-oil exports, and made this product on the principal of this group, according to a report by the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE).
From the National Aquaculture Chamber (CNA) reported that although foresaw this situation, just waiting to happen by the end of 2014.
According to José Antonio Camposano, Head of the CNA, sales volumes of shrimp “fired” to some extent by external factors, such as a drastic drop in production from Asian competitors, particularly Thailand, reported The Trade.
On the other hand, Ecuador and the European Union (EU) predict that in 2016 will take effect on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that just signed in the Belgian capital, and the negotiation had ended in June.
“We firmly believe that the agreement we have reached is of great importance for the future of the country, Ecuador, especially when you consider the importance of the European market for us, the most important for our exports regardless oil”Said Minister of Foreign Trade, Francisco Rivadeneira.
Also, the Ecuadorian government confirmed that the European Parliament (EP) approved the extension of tariff preferences, allowing the country to continue exporting its products to the EU market without restrictions for two more years.
The Ecuadorian Federation of Exporters (FEDEXPOR) held the continuation of tariff preferences, since its completion would mean for the country's loss of about $ 70 million a month in tariff costs, reported The Telegraph.
SOURCE: Fis.com
