Jakarta, Jan. 31 -- The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) announced that 40 additional Fish Processing Units (UPI) have obtained export approval numbers for fishery products to China from the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC).

The ministry's Head of the Marine and Fisheries Product Quality Control and Supervision Agency, Ishartini, said on Saturday that Indonesia has established a bilateral agreement on equivalency of fishery product quality assurance systems, known as a mutual recognition arrangement (MRA).

According to her, this agreement served as the basis for negotiations, leading to Chinese authorities approving the proposed new approval numbers for the UPIs.

"This marks a fresh boost for Indonesia's ...