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Uruguayan fish exports could drop 20% due to Nigeria ban

Fish exporters from Uruguay have been cut off their key market, Nigeria, since Oct. 15, official tells Undercurrent News

By Alicia Villegas | Dec. 2, 2013 18:39 GMT
Uruguayan fish exports could drop 20% due to Nigeria ban
Lekki Market in Nigeria. The country imports more than $624m worth of fish a year, according to some official data, though actual figures are hard to get by. Photo: shawnleishman
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Nigeria's newly introduced ban on fish imports is hitting Uruguay's fish sales hard, a government official told Undercurrent News.

Uruguay's fish exports are expected to decrease considerably, around 20% in volume, by the end of 2013 as a result of the restrictions, the head of Uruguay’s aquatic resource office from the agriculture, livestock and fisheries ministry Daniel Gilardoni told Undercurrent News [...]

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