date:May 05, 2014
de with such small exotic products, considering all the certification and lab costs involved, become a real obstacle, says the exporter. If the volume ordered is small, for instance 50 kg per week, and one in every five or ten shipments needs to be sampled, lab costs skyrocket, pushing prices well above profitable levels.
There was also the issue of the EUs five strike rule, by which country-wide bans may be applied. These problems, according to the Thai company, have no easy solution, apart fr