Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam hasurged tra fish processors and exporters to tighten quality control overfish fry at farms and input materials to meet international qualitystandards in the context of forecast difficulties for tra fish exportnext year.
Industry insiders have said farming costs areexpected to go up and the purchasing power in foreign markets remainsuncertain in 2015.
At a meeting with seafood exporters fromMekong Delta localities in An Giang on December 15, Nguyen Huy Dien,Deputy Director General of Fisheries Directorate, said the Mekong Deltarecorded a total tra fish farming area of over 5,430ha this year,exporting more than 718,000 tonnes for 1.58 billion USD, up 0.5 percentin volume and 0.04 percent in value.
He noted that poorquality fry have resulted in low living rate during the farming process,while the prices of feed and other input materials are on constantrise.
At the same time, many foreign markets have tightenedquality control of imported tra fish, he said, adding that the EuropeanUnion, Republic of Korea and Japan are closely checking the amount ofantibiotic residue in seafood while the Middle East is also asking forHalal certificate for no use of pig bone in fish feed.
DeputyMinister Vu Van Tam asked localities to improve cultivation andprocessing process up to VietGap standards for a start. The Directorateof Fisheries were requested to appraise the quality of breeding andfeed-making facilities.
Tam praised An Giang and Dong Thap fortheir preferential credit model and production chain. He also promisedall possible State support in extending markets, including lowerinterest rates and tax incentives, among others.
The Mekong region is currently home to 193 businesses producing frozen tra fish and basa for export.-VNA
Industry insiders have said farming costs areexpected to go up and the purchasing power in foreign markets remainsuncertain in 2015.
At a meeting with seafood exporters fromMekong Delta localities in An Giang on December 15, Nguyen Huy Dien,Deputy Director General of Fisheries Directorate, said the Mekong Deltarecorded a total tra fish farming area of over 5,430ha this year,exporting more than 718,000 tonnes for 1.58 billion USD, up 0.5 percentin volume and 0.04 percent in value.
He noted that poorquality fry have resulted in low living rate during the farming process,while the prices of feed and other input materials are on constantrise.
At the same time, many foreign markets have tightenedquality control of imported tra fish, he said, adding that the EuropeanUnion, Republic of Korea and Japan are closely checking the amount ofantibiotic residue in seafood while the Middle East is also asking forHalal certificate for no use of pig bone in fish feed.
DeputyMinister Vu Van Tam asked localities to improve cultivation andprocessing process up to VietGap standards for a start. The Directorateof Fisheries were requested to appraise the quality of breeding andfeed-making facilities.
Tam praised An Giang and Dong Thap fortheir preferential credit model and production chain. He also promisedall possible State support in extending markets, including lowerinterest rates and tax incentives, among others.
The Mekong region is currently home to 193 businesses producing frozen tra fish and basa for export.-VNA
