Namibia plans to export more beef to Norway and will seek an increase in quota under Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) and Free Trade Area (FTA) arrangements.
In a statement, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said that Namibia has attempted to enter the Norwegian market with bone-in-lamb over the years and this has not been resolved yet, reported Namibia's press agency Nampa.
Minister of trade and industry Hage Geingob will attend meetings at Norway pertaining to issues of strategic economic interest to Namibia and promote the investment from Norwegian companies into Namibian production and agro processing.
Currently, Namibia exports beef to Norway under Norwegian GSP scheme and the SACU-Norway Agricultural Agreement. Norwegian GSP system grants an annual quota of 2,700 tons where as SACU-FTA agreement grants an annual quota of 500 tons.
