Exports to the European Union grow (14% in 2021), but also concern. In the balance of 2021, the EU ambassador to Ecuador, Charles-Michel Geurts, assured that in three European ports there is a considerable increase in drug seizures: Antwerp (Belgium), Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Valencia (Spain).
“Those are the ports where we see the number of tons increase. I have the data from Antwerp for 2019: there were 66 tons," said Geurts on January 23, 2022.
And the situation continues to generate reactions in the EU. Last week, the Dutch municipality of Rotterdam indicated that it wants to check all containers with tropical fruits from South and Central America for narcotics, instead of the current random search that allows only 1% of the total to be checked.
Source: ecuadortimes.net
