Indonesia Tuna Processors Ink Deal With Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has given the green light to six Indonesian tuna and seafood processing companies to export their products to the Middle East nation. One of the organizations is PT Pahala Bahari Nusantara, a manufacturer of pre-cooked tuna loins, flakes, pouch tuna, fish oil, and tuna fishmeal. The volumes that would be traded were not revealed.

The Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) and the nation’s Food and Drug Monitoring Agency have been in talks with Saudi Arabian officials over the past few months to close the deal, which was approved earlier this week. A KKP spokesperson said that this latest agreement “is believed to have a significant impact on increasing export volumes and diversifying fishery commodities shipped from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia,” reported Indonesian news sites. Last week, in a virtual meeting, the two countries’ Trade Ministers discussed various ways to boost business, soon after which the Indonesian tuna firms’ products were allowed entry into the Middle East nation.