RI urges CCSBT members to lift embargo on its tuna exports

ndonesia made the request during the 14th CCBST meeting held in Canberra recently, the head of the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry`s Statistical Data and Information Center, Saut Hutagalung, said here Thursday.

The commission had clamped trade restrictions on Indonesia and deprived it of chances to export its tuna to CCSBT member countries, including Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the United States, he said.

"At the Canberra meeting the Indonesian delegation conveyed its views that the time had come to lift the trade restrictions," he said.