China Is Blocking Marine Exports From India
Having been relegated to second place as trade partner of India, has not been digestible to the Chinese. Next seeing the huge decline in export of “DIWALI ITEMS” to India due to boycott of Chinese junk, the Communists are now trying to hit back.
Rift between India and China seems to have moved to the marine product sector and may spell trouble for people involved in the trade. Outbound shipments of marine products from India are facing non-tariff barriers in China. In two months, the COVID testing on the imported seafood consignments at different levels has worsened the situation.
Using their standard technique, the Chinese authorities detected ‘dead nucleic acid remnants’ on the outer packing material of seafood products. Thereafter Chinese authorities expressed “concern” and immediately introduced an examination system, which is not present anywhere in the world. Besides, time to test the products has also increased substantially, resulting in delay in clearance of consignments. This has also resulted in damage to the perishable products.
While the Indian exporters and government officials said that the seafood industry is adhering to all COVID-related protocols. This comes as the exporters are already fighting twin challenges of high freight costs and container shortage.
In the last two months, the COVID testing on the imported seafood consignments at different levels, such as customs and local authority level in China, has worsened the situation. Resulting in heavy losses for exporters due to demurrage charges, containers are being held up at ports in China.
Another issue is that the Chinese importers are also not making payments towards cleared consignments, they said.
It’s time to reciprocate.
