LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 21 February 2020

*Chilean salmon producer, Camanchaca, has called for the Chilean authorities to intervene to help lift the ban on Chilean salmon imports imposed by the Russian government. The Russian authorities temporarily suspended imports from some Chilean producers after a shipment of salmon was found to contain oxytetracycline, an antibiotic used to prevent diseases in farmed fish which can have harmful effects in people. Camanchaca had not been initially affected by the ban but its CEO, Ricardo García, has said that a shipment from the firm was detained at the Russian border last week and the firm has had to suspend all exports to Russia. García says that Camanchaca has not used oxytetracycline in its aqua farms for years and has questioned the actions by the Russian authorities. “This is becoming a diplomatic issue” García said, asking for the Chilean government to intervene. According to the latest industry figures Chile, the world’s second largest salmon producer, exported US$323m worth of salmon to Russia in 2018.

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