Actively Respond To The Impact Of IUU Regulations On China's Aquatic Exports In May 19Th

With international market Demand rebounded markedly, water in China product Exports to the EU in the first quarter increased by 106 thousand and 800 tons, up 9.2% from the same period last year. However, from the data of the ring to date, the volume of exports in the month of 1~3 decreased continuously, with a decrease of 0.57%, 32.54% and 22.54% respectively. "The big drop is worth vigilance." Assistant Research Fellow, rural economics research center, Ministry of Agriculture product Liu Jingjing, a monitoring and early warning analyst, believes that this change is mainly caused by the EU's IUU regulations at the beginning of the year.
IUU fishing is an illegal, unreported and unregulated catch. Every year, the world's IUU catch is about 10 billion euros, accounting for 19% of the total catch. IUU fishing has an important impact on fisheries, especially tuna, which has been overexploited, and has an important impact on the marine environment and food security and economic development in developing countries. The world food and Agriculture Organization believes that the key to fighting IUU fishing is to stop it. product Enter international trade. As the world's largest water product Imported market The EU has become the main target of IUU fishing. market One of the 15 billion euro water imports per year product It has 1 billion 100 million euros for IUU fishing products. Against this background, in September 29, 2008, the Council of the European Union formally adopted the regulations on the establishment of a community system to prevent, prevent and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU regulations), which stipulates that it will enter the European Union from January 1, 2010. market Some of the marine fishing products have been legality certified.
The impact has begun to appear and will continue.
In order to ensure the normal development of aquatic products export to Europe, in 2009 and February of 2009, the Fisheries Bureau of the Ministry of agriculture jointly organized two bilateral seminars in Shandong, Qingdao and Dalian, together with the United Kingdom and the European Union, to promote relevant departments and enterprises in China to understand the new regulations of IUU regulations. Since January 1, 2010, the Ministry of agriculture has confirmed the legal fishing certificate for aquatic products exported to Europe. machining Approval of factory declaration. As of February 28th, the Ministry of agriculture handled 731 batches and 15031 tons of marine fishing products. raw material Statement, of which incoming materials machining The products are 530 batches, 10589 tons, and 201 tons and 4442 tons of offshore self capture products. "Although the government and trade associations have taken effective measures, the impact brought by the IUU regulations has initially appeared and will continue to affect China's aquatic products trade." Liu Jingjing said that there are three main shocks.
The first is the increase in trade costs. In order to meet the requirements, our government and enterprises need to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to handle fishing certificates and conduct port inspections, which directly increase the trade cost of aquatic products exported to Europe.
Secondly, incoming materials. machining Will be subject to raw material Does the country of origin comply with the IUU regulations? For example, in Japan's new health certificate issued in February 1st, there was no content of the IUU regulations. machining The factory has been cautious about importing aquatic products from Japan and other countries.
Thirdly, the potential impact of IUU regulations will extend to all aspects of the industrial chain. "This regulation will not only affect the marine fishing industry, but also affect aquatic products. machining Trade and even breeding feed, food safety testing, refrigerated packaging and fishery management are expected to have a lasting and lasting impact on the entire fishery. " Liu Jingjing said that the IUU regulations may also lead to the imitation of the United States and other countries, which will have a chain impact on the export of aquatic products in China.
There must be legal fishing proof for aquatic products.
In order to minimize the adverse impact of the IUU regulations on the export of Chinese aquatic products to the European Union, what aspects should China pay attention to? In this regard, Liu Jingjing said, IUU regulations 12 chapters and 57, China's aquatic products export enterprises should pay special attention to four.
First, port inspection measures for third country fishing vessels. IUU regulations stipulate that non European Union fishing vessels (third country fishing vessels) entering the ports of member states of the European Union for loading and unloading, transshipment and port services shall be inspected at designated ports. The incoming vessels shall notify the port inspection authorities of the member states of the European Union 3 days before entering the port, and declare the varieties, quantities, fishing dates and fishing locations of the products.
Two is the fishing proof requirement for import and export aquatic products. According to the IUU regulations, exports to the European Union and the European Union to other countries / regions, and third countries from the European Union, whether processed or unprocessed, are imported. raw material All aquatic products of the European Union after processing and returning to the EU should not only be accompanied by health certificates when exporting to EU member countries or regions, but also must be accompanied by the legal fishing proof documents such as fishing certificate and re export certificate and processing factory declaration, otherwise they will be refused entry. "Freshwater fishery products, aquaculture products from fry or juveniles, live fish, live oysters, live, fresh or chilled scallops (including queens scallops, chops or sea fans or scallops), frozen scallops, fresh or chilled scallops, mussels, not mollusks from marine snail, made or preserved mollusks, are not within the scope of IUU regulations and fishing certification schemes." Liu Jingjing reminded, "the list will be updated annually by the European Union."
The three is the list of EU IUU fishing vessels. The list of IUU fishing vessels included in RF MOs (regional fisheries management organization) will also be included in the list of IUU fishing vessels by the European Union. If the products mentioned in legal fishing proved to have been included in the list of EU IUU fishing vessels, they will be refused entry.
The four is to establish no cooperation List of third party countries. If the European Union estimates that a country's IUU fishing situation is serious, or if a country's official control capability against IUU fishing is insufficient, it will be listed as "no". cooperation The list of third country countries will be banned from fishing in European ports and aquatic products in the European Union will be banned. market Sale.
Guard against IUU becoming an excuse for trade protectionism
The EU is China's third largest export market for aquatic products. In 2009, China exported 499 thousand and 100 tons of aquatic products to the EU, of which more than half of marine fishing products were exported. Therefore, it is very important for China's aquatic industry to actively respond to the impact of EU IUU regulations.
"Government and trade associations should do well in publicizing laws and regulations." work " Liu Jingjing suggested that we should not only timely transmit relevant information to the relevant enterprises, such as the IUU regulations, the AQSIQ and the Ministry of agriculture about the requirements for lawful fishing certification, but also guide enterprises to strengthen the export of European products. raw material Verification of lawful fishing documents before entering factories. "Of course, because of this item work At the very beginning, the government and relevant departments should be well prepared to solve the problems that may arise in the process of issuing lawful fishing certificates in time. "
"We need to record fishing boats well. work To promote the upgrading and upgrading of fishing vessels. Liu Jingjing believes that on the basis of sorting out the list of existing fishing vessels and the number of new fishing vessels that need to be added, the relevant enterprises should, in accordance with the requirements of the inspection and quarantine organs, timely record the fishing vessels to the local inspection and quarantine departments, and promote the transformation of the sanitation facilities for the fishing vessels.
"The inspection and quarantine departments should extend the quality and safety management of aquatic products to the whole process of aquatic product fishing, and export aquatic products to the EU. raw material Whether the acceptance procedures, the legality of raw materials and so on are in line with the requirements of the European Union's IUU regulations for a comprehensive inspection, and establish the relevant system of fishing aquatic products certification and documentation inspection, so this is also an opportunity for the development of China's export aquatic products industry. Liu Jingjing believes that the relevant enterprises should take this opportunity to improve the export aquatic products traceability system, do well the inspection and registration of self catching and imported aquatic products raw materials into the factory. work While ensuring quality and safety, we should also pay attention to and ensure that the sources of aquatic products are legitimate.
"At the same time, we must be vigilant against the IUU regulations becoming an excuse for protectionism." Liu Jingjing reminded us that the contents of the EU IUU regulations are complicated, and some aspects are still lacking in operability. If they are not properly interpreted, quoted and extended, they will probably become an excuse for trade protectionism. Therefore, "we hope that through the joint efforts of the government and enterprises, we will prevent the occurrence of trade protectionism in the name of combating IUU fishing while reducing the impact of IUU regulations."

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