Indonesian Companies Encouraged to Participate in International Fish Trade
Indonesia is hosting the International Fish Trade, Global Applicable Framework and Market Access Training in Jakarta on 4-6 June 2024.
IDXChannel - Indonesia is hosting the International Fish Trade, Global Applicable Framework and Market Access Training in Jakarta on 4-6 June 2024.
The training is a concrete implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Economic Cooperation and Capacity Building (MoU ECCB) of the Indonesia-EFTA Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (I-EFTA CEPA).
"These trainings demonstrate the Indonesian Government's commitment to enhancing the utilization of the I-EFTA CEPA," said Afina Burhanuddin, Acting Coordinator of the EFTA Desk of the Directorate of American and European Intra-regional Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a media release on Wednesday (5/6/2024).
The training is a collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, the Government of Norway, the EFTA Secretariat, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Infofish.
The training materials focus on international trade of fishery products, including international fish trade instruments, preferential access for fishery and aquaculture products, market access, legality, and fishery products.
Besides enhancing the understanding and skills of Indonesia’s competent authorities and business communities, this training also serves as a platform to discuss the dynamics and developments of international trade in fisheries and aquaculture sector.
The training is attended by participants from related ministries and seven fisheries business associations: APIKI (Indonesian Fish Canning Association), AP5I (Association of Indonesian Fish Processing and Marketing Producers), APRI (Indonesian Crab Processing Association), AP2HI (Indonesian Pole & Line and Handline Fisheries Association), ASTUIN (Indonesian Tuna Association), INOFE (Indonesian Ornamental Fish Exporters Association), and ADI (Indonesian Demersal Association).
The I-EFTA CEPA is a comprehensive economic partnership agreement between Indonesia and four EFTA countries: Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland. Since its entry into force in November 2021. the trade value between the two parties has continuously increased, reaching USD2.3 billion (2021), USD3.19 billion (2022) and USD3.77 billion (2023). (WHY)