Venezuela’s Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Juan Carlos Loyo has announced the South American nation has secured a trading protocol with China that will allow it to send wild-caught and farmed species to the top seafood import market in the world starting in 2025.
This follows protocol agreements that China recently signed with several African markets along the same lines.
“Venezuela will be one of only 15 countries with the permission to export to China,” Loyo said during a recent interview. “We will ship shrimp but also jellyfish and croaker, among other species.”
In total, over 50 private and publicly owned Venezuelan companies are permitted to ship 21 different species to China.
Loyo secured the protocol during a recent trip …
