Spain is seeking to open new markets for its fishery products in China, India and the United States, Secretary-General of Fisheries Andres Hermida said here Wednesday at the Seafood Expo Globo, one of the world’s largest fish fairs. Hermida said China and India are the two leading markets due to their sheer volume of potential customers, while the quality of the U.S. market makes it the next most important. “The American market requires conditions that European markets do not demand,” he said. Hermida said the 224-sq.-meter Spanish pavilion at the three-day event in Brussels features more than 20 companies from different regions of the country, including Galicia, the Basque Country, Asturias, Catalonia and the Canary Islands. “In general, Spain’s presence at the fair is growing. We are perhaps the most important country of all exhibiting here in Brussels, with about 1,800 exhibitors,” he said. The goal is to “demonstrate the quality of Spanish products,” said the fisheries secretary, who added that some U.S. companies require that products originate in Spain or are processed in the Iberian nation. The fisheries secretary added that a proposed EU ban on trawling below 800 meters would not have a big impact on the Spanish fleet.
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