Bangladesh may start exporting frozen food, including shrimps, to Russia this year opening a new market.
A Russian veterinary delegation has recently visited Bangladesh and saw seafood plants. The delegation has initially selecting four plants to export shrimps and seafood to the Russian market.
Delegates have also issued export permission and necessary guidelines for processing the merchandise for Russian buyers. The fisheries department has sent a memorandum to the ministry for approval before signing it with the Russian importers.
Bangladesh exports frozen foods to 16 countries including the US, EU, UK and UAE. Russia will be the new export destination of the country's frozen food, Abul Bashar, an official of Bangladesh Frozen Food Exporters Association (BFFEA), told the news agency.
He said the association is also working on a scheme to increase export of frozen food to countries like Australia and Canada where expatriate Bangladeshis are living in large numbers.
Bashar said the delegation visited seafood-processing units at Chittagong and Khulna and were impressed by their high standards. In the process, they selected Apex Foods Ltd and ARK Sea Foods of Chittagong, Fresh Foods Ltd of Khulna and Bagerhat Sea Foods for opening export to Russia.
Explaining how frozen food processing facilities achieved impressive hygienic standard over the recent years working on earlier improvement, Bashar said a food and veterinary delegation of EU which visited Bangladesh recently offered 10 more local processing plants the export permission to EU market.
With it, the number of frozen food plants now exporting to the EU market stands at 68 including 27 in Chittagong and 41 in Khulna region. Moreover, the number of fish plants now operating having BFFEA licence is 145.
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