Embargo Threatens Indonesia’s Export to China
On December 2, the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) detected two new cases of coronavirus contamination in frozen fisheries product from Indonesia.
Fish for export to Japan, China, Brunei, Thailand and Malaysia are seen in storage at a facility in Banda Aceh on October 27, 2020.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS—The Chinese authority found a new case of Indonesia’s fisheries products polluted by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Consequently, Indonesia faces a threat of export embargo on its fisheries product to China from the local authority.
On December 2, the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) detected two new cases of coronavirus contamination in frozen fisheries product from Indonesia. Up to date, there are five contamination cases from Indonesia, making the country one of the top sources of frozen food products contaminated by coronavirus in China.