Latest news on market access

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced its intention to delay the compliance deadline for FSMA 204.

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority will start a test period for health certificates in e-signed PDF format with Vietnam on March 4th.

The free trade agreement between EFTA and Thailand was signed in Davos on January 23. The agreement facilitates the reduction and elimination of tariffs, bilateral dispute resolution mechanisms, and a mutual understanding of technical and sanitary trade conditions.

Chinese authorities have requested a list of Norwegian producers who wish to export live seafood, including brown crab, to China.

Norway will have access to new and revised compensation quotas for the EU market starting January 1, 2025.

Snow crab has now been added to the list of approved live species that can be exported from Norway to China.

The Norwegian Seafood Council assists companies wishing to register for the export of live aquatic products to China.

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) in South Korea requires that all producers of animal products for human consumption, including products subject to quarantine upon import to South Korea, must be listed through the service unit National Fishery Products Quality Management Service (NFQS).

Revised compensation quotas for the export of seafood from Norway to the EU will open from January 1, 2025.

The Seafood Council has been informed that, as of October 18, Russia has imposed a ban on the transit of all fish products from Norway through Russian territory.

Vietnamese authorities have updated the requirements for Norwegian companies that wish to register to be approved for importing seafood products to Vietnam.

To export seafood to China, companies that produce, process, or store products must be registered and approved by Chinese authorities. Additionally, there are requirements that the species to be exported from Norway must be approved by the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC).

The Indonesia Quarantine Agency (IQA) will require advance notification (Prior notice) for the export of seafood to Indonesia starting from October 6, 2024.

Unprocessed seafood is confirmed to be exempt from halal certification when exported from Norway to Indonesia.

The USA requires that foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or store food for humans or animals in the USA must be registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

According to the new agreement, the EU will open 12 duty-free import quotas for Norwegian seafood.

On September 4, 2024, GACC updated CIFER, which results in a change in how products are registered in connection with listing to China.

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) has entered into an agreement with Thailand to electronically exchange health certificates.

In a letter to its territorial departments in Astana, Almaty, and Shimkent, Kazakhstan's Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision stated on August 7 that "special measures" are being introduced against 10 named Norwegian companies that produce salmon and trout products in the national register of approved Norwegian companies.

On July 12, the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) published a report on changes to certain HS/CIQ combinations for China. Among other things, new codes for farmed cod have been added, and codes for "Other fresh fillets" and "Other frozen fillets" have been removed.