Rajkot: After fighting for several months, frozen fish exporters have agreed to allow Chinese authorities to carry out virtual container inspections.
Thousands of containers have accumulated in various Chinese ports, the largest importers of frozen fish from India, after the country rejected them on the grounds that the dead-19-19 cells were found on the outside of the packaging material.
As a result of this delay, the payment of crores exporter is detained and their finances become Haywire.
China has suspended imports from around 30 exporters from Gujarat in the past two months.
Previously, exporters have urged the Indian government to bring diplomatic solutions because they have followed all Covid guidelines strictly and no country except China that objected to Indian fish.
According to exporter, China rejected their container to find nucleic acid material to die on packaging material.
Jagdish Fofandi, President of the Indian Seafood Exporter Association (Seai) said, “We follow all international standards in exporting frozen fish but we have given our approval for virtual inspections and notify the central government about the same thing.
Chinese claims to find nucleic acid materials die Based on.
“According to Sea, almost 1,000 containers from India have been waiting for permission at the Chinese port for months.
As a result they caused a big loss because the ship had to pay Demurrage, the accusations paid to shipping companies for delays in cargo permits.
Chinese buyers pay only after stocks are cleared by their authorities and they accept it in the end.
About 34 containers were returned since the last moment after the Chinese authority refused inventory.
Kenny Thomas, an exporter in Veraval, said, “returned fish stocks are considered useless because they are prepared specifically for the Chinese market and there are no alternative buyers.
If the situation continues, we will not buy fish from fishermen from next season.” This fish catches Of the whole coast of Gujarat like Porbandar, Mangrol, South Gujarat, DIU, Okha came to Veraval for processing and exported.
There are five lakh people who immediately get a job from fishing.