2014年9月12日挪威卑爾根市一個魚肉市場上的三文魚和其他魚類,。挪威當局周一表示,,中國強化了對進口挪威三文魚的限制,理由是擔心一種魚類病毒,。
就在周一,,北京禁止了挪威三個地區(qū)的所有三文魚進口,,理由是擔心它們攜帶傳染性三文魚貧血病毒(ISA)。這一規(guī)定表明中國由此禁止了挪威三文魚的對華出口量的五分之一進口額,。
對于來自其他北歐國家的三文魚,,中國當局則出臺了更嚴格的限制措施,旨在檢明傳染性三文魚貧血病毒(ISA)和魚類胰腺類疾病,。
挪威的食品安全機構(gòu)被書面通知,,但這被認為是毫無根據(jù)的,這嚴重打擊了該國的這一明星產(chǎn)品出口額,。
2010年諾貝爾和平獎被授予中國異見人士劉曉波之后,,挪威三文魚在中國的銷量直線下降。
挪威食品安全機構(gòu)同時強調(diào),,挪威三文魚是安全的,。
“我們認為中國的三文魚沒有被ISA病毒感染的危險,因為從挪威來的這些魚會被直接賣掉,,”這家機構(gòu)在上周在一份聲明中指出,。
“ISA病毒對人類無害,”它補充道,。
諾貝爾獎的頒發(fā)給劉曉波使兩國雙邊關(guān)系漸冷,,并導致中國收緊了對挪威三文魚醫(yī)學檢控。
挪威三文魚從占中國市場百分之九十的銷量直線下降到百分之三十,。
俄羅斯宣布了新的對挪威高跟鞋的進口限制禁令——挪威的另一個重要的市場——這是對因烏克蘭危機西方制裁莫斯科的回應(yīng),。(中國進出口網(wǎng))
Salmon and other fish at the Fish Market near Bergen in Norway on September 12, 2014 (AFP Photo/Eric Piermont)
China has imposed new restrictions on imports of Norwegian salmon citing fears of a fish virus, Norwegian authorities said on Monday.
As of Monday, Beijing has banned imports of whole salmon from three Norwegian regions amid concerns they carry infectious salmon anaemia (ISA). That ban represents one-fifth of Norway's salmon exports to China.
For salmon from other regions of the Scandinavian country, Chinese authorities have imposed stricter con trols aimed at detecting ISA and pancreas disease.
Norway's food safety agency was informed by letter of the decision, which it judged to be baseless but w hich strikes yet another blow to the country's star export product.
Sales of Norwegian salmon to China plummeted after the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
Norway's food safety agency stressed meanwhile that Norwegian salmon was safe.
"We believe there is no risk that Chinese salmon will be contaminated by the ISA virus because fish products from Norway go directly to consumption," it said in a statement last week.
"The ISA virus is not harmful to humans," it added.
The awarding of the Nobel Prize to Liu plunged the two countries' bilateral ties into a deep-freeze, and led to a tightening of veterinary controls on Norwegian salmon.
Its share of the Chinese market dropped from 90 to less than 30 percent.
The new restrictions come on the heels of an import ban announced by Russia -- another important market for Norway -- in response to western sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.