□ The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) and the SANIPES of Peru signed ‘Arrangement for Fishery Product Safety’ on January 13, aiming to improve safety of Peruvian fishery products imported by Korea.

ㅇ The arrangement was developed to ensure import of fishery products managed safely from production stage by the Peruvian government. It will enter into effect from January 13, 2024.

ㅇ With this arrangement, MFDS has fishery product safety arrangement with 10 countries. The volume of imported fishery

products from these countries account for around 80% of the entire seafood imports(about 1.2 million tons as of 2022).

※ Existing Arrangement Partners(9 countries) : China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Russia, Ecuador, Chile, Norway, The Philippines (77% of entire fishery imports)