Vietnam files to lift import ban on seafood
(VOV) - The Vietnam National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) has filed a petition to temporarily suspend the order barring the import of Vietnamese fisheries and seafood products into the Brazilian market.
According to the petition, the NAFIQAD had previously received official notification asserting certain specifically identified Vietnamese seafood producers have been suspended from exporting seafood products at the request of the Movement of Small Farmers (MPA).
In the filing, NAFIQAD is asking for a stay in executing the order while it awaits official clarification from the Government of Brazil or the Brazilian Embassy in Vietnam on the order.
The specific Vietnamese seafood producers were given an opportunity to cure the defects outlined by the MPA. They outlined their proposed solutions to the situation in a document submitted to the NAFIQAD on September 19 2014, which was then forwarded to MPA.
At present, the Brazilian Embassy in Vietnam said the MPA has received the document and is reviewing the matter.
In the interest of fairness and equity, the NAFIQAD requested in its petition a stay should be entered to allow for the Vietnamese seafood producers to continue exporting uninterrupted, and provide the parties additional time to work out an amicable solution.