Russia, Brazil to sign document on mutual deliveries of fish next week
MOSCOW. May 20 (Interfax) - The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) and its Brazilian counterpart plan to sign a document next week that would allow the start of mutual deliveries of fish and fish products.
"Next week, on the sidelines of a general session of the International Office of Epizootics (OIE) in Paris we plan to sign a document with Brazil that will stipulate the conditions for safe deliveries of fish products and effectively allow trade begin," official representative of Rosselkhoznadzor Alexei Alexeyenko told Interfax.
Recently Alexeyenko returned from Brazil, where he held negotiations with the country's head veterinary inspector and representatives of the fisheries and aquaculture ministry.
He also said mutual deliveries were at issue. Brazil plans to supply Russia with mackerel and some other types of fish that are caught off of its coasts. Moreover, Brazilian companies are also ready to export aquaculture products, in particular, tilapia and shrimp. "Brazil even expressed interest in Russian cod," said Alexeyenko.
"That we are discussing bilateral trade is very important for us. We must avoid situations resembling the one which developed on the salmon market, when one country, Norway, became a monopoly," he said.
Alexeyenko said that the Brazilian side expressed interest in deliveries to Russia of dairy products, especially, dry milk and butter, as well as honey. The possibility of trade in these products will also be discussed in Paris.