Demand for VN seafood on the rise
Friday, October 26,2018AsemconnectVietnam - The domestic fishing industry should promote production of tra fish and shrimp by the end of this year to take advantage of the export potential of both commodities on the world market, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The directions aim to take advantage on the global market by maintaining product quality, protecting the brand of Vietnamese tra fish and minimising technical barriers. The ministry asked the authorities of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces that farm tra fish to focus on implementing its solutions moving forward.
Local authorities should manage production conditions to ensure the quality of tra fish according to existing regulations. They should encourage businesses to invest in research and production of high-quality tra fish and to farm tra in a value chain for stable production. The provinces should be certain banned substances are not used in production and processing.
Authorities should encourage businesses to invest in farming brackish-water shrimp and apply advanced technology in production to raise shrimp output and monitor diseases.
Localities should also improve the traceability of tra fish and shrimp according to the regulations. They should continue to develop the market, build their brand and handle export violations.
Exports
The association forecasts the figure will reach $2.1 billion this year, up 22 per cent compared to 2017 – the highest level ever recorded by the sector.
Viet Nam earned $369.1 million from exporting tra fish to the US in the first nine months of this year, up 42.9 per cent. Businesses attributed the surge to stable market demand and higher prices. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) under the United States Department of Agriculture has proposed continuing Viet Nam’s eligibility to export catfish and other fish products to the US.
The US Federal Register has published a draft of a proposal that would maintain the eligibility of Viet Nam, China and Thailand to export catfish and fish products to the US as proposed by FSIS. The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the preliminary results of the 14th period of review (POR 14), between August 1, 2016 and July 31, 2017, and lowered anti-dumping tariffs on tra fish imports from Viet Nam to between zero and $2.39 per kilogramme from the average rate at $3.78 per kg in POR 13. The DOC will announce the final POR 14 results in January 2019.
Viet Nam pocketed $376.8 million from tra exports to China in the nine-month period, a rise of 30.8 per cent against the same period last year. China is now Viet Nam’s biggest tra fish importer, making up 23.6 per cent of its total tra exports.
Many Vietnamese businesses have seen the ongoing US-China trade war as an opportunity to step up exports to the US. VASEP forecast that the US will surpass China to become Viet Nam’s biggest tra importer in the fourth quarter of this year.
Tra exports to other markets like the European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have also increased. As of the end of September, Viet Nam’s tra exports to the EU reached $176.4 million, up 14.6 per cent. The pace is expected to continue until the end of this year.
ASEAN is Viet Nam’s fourth largest tra importer at $145.5 million as of September 30, up 44 per cent.
On the domestic market, favourable weather and a recovery in the price of raw shrimp have been important factors in promoting production. In the first nine months of the year, output of shrimp increased eight per cent over the same period last year but shrimp export value fell by 1.1 per cent to $2.7 billion.
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