国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Tanzania eyes deal with RwandAir to ferry fish to overseas markets

Source: Xinhua| 2019-03-19 21:41:28|Editor: xuxin
Video PlayerClose

DAR ES SALAAM, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian and Rwandan officials were in talks to enable RwandAir ferry fish from Mwanza airport in northern Tanzania to overseas markets, an official said on Tuesday.

Luhaga Mpina, Tanzania's Minister for Livestock and Fisheries, told stakeholders in the fishing industry in Mwanza city that he was confident that the deal would go through.

"Should the two sides strike a deal, it will be a massive relief for Lake Zone fish traders, who have, for a long time, been seeking an alternative airline to transport their products abroad," said Mpina.

Usually, the wholesale fish dealers in the region have been relying on Entebbe and Nairobi airports in Uganda and Kenya respectively, which they claim are more costly.

"Indeed, the talks are at an advanced stage for RwandAir planes to transport fish from Mwanza to overseas markets," said the minister.

He said the government collected 1.7 trillion Tanzanian shillings (about 726 million U.S. dollars) from the fishing industry in the 2017/18 financial year, out of which 1.1 trillion shillings were from Lake Victoria.

Sijaona James, the spokesperson of the Tanzania Fishermen Union, said over 1,000 tonnes of fish could not be exported in the past few months because of transport problems. The total loss of the exports destined for Japan and Israel stood at 5.5 billion Tanzanian shillings, said James.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001379078571
主站蜘蛛池模板: 灯塔市| 保康县| 和硕县| 安西县| 长泰县| 霍山县| 芷江| 高邑县| 饶阳县| 黄大仙区| 武功县| 杨浦区| 呼伦贝尔市| 兴国县| 出国| 东平县| 阿图什市| 开化县| 黔江区| 巴青县| 静海县| 文成县| 北流市| 九龙坡区| 宜君县| 湟中县| 行唐县| 青海省| 宜良县| 萨嘎县| 扶沟县| 孟津县| 嘉祥县| 新河县| 沙坪坝区| 龙南县| 工布江达县| 特克斯县| 美姑县| 民权县| 博客|