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Seafood sector lacks quality breeds

December 29, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

Seafood sector lacks quality breeds

Despite being a large export industry with annual turnover of over US$4bil, Vietnam’s seafood sector cannot ensure quality breeds to maintain sustainable production . . . Vinh Long Province needs around 1.3 billion tra and basa fish breeds per year but local farms provide only 62%.Ninh Thuan Province has around 1,400 breed production farms that can turn... Read more

Tra fish exports start leaping

November 30, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

Tra fish exports start leaping

LookAtVietnam - Exports of Vietnamese tra catfish have recorded a marked recovery with export volume surging to most export markets in the first 10 months of 2009, according to the Association of Seafood Exports and Processors (VASEP).The United States continued to be Viet Nam’s key importer of tra fish with purchases worth US$15.5 million in October alone,... Read more

Seafood likely to net year’s target

November 10, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

Seafood likely to net year’s target

LookAtVietnam – The seafood sector expects a rise in exports by the end of the year as the global economy continues to recover. The EU has become the biggest importer of the fish from Viet Nam, making up 41.4% of the market share.Over the last 10 months, the sector earned US$3.48 billion in export revenue, close to its target of $4.4 billion for the year,... Read more

VASEP proposes to lower import tariff on materials to boost exports

September 25, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

VASEP proposes to lower import tariff on materials to boost exports

VietNamNet Bridge – The VASEP has called on the Government to ‘rescue’ the seafood industry by lowering the tariff on material imports for domestic processing. VASEP’s Deputy Chairman Nguyen Huu Dung said that Vietnam needs to import materials in big quantities to feed domestic processing factories. There are some 700 seafood processing... Read more

Rising costs, falling demand sending catfish farmers broke

September 7, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

Rising costs, falling demand sending catfish farmers broke

LookAtVietnam – Falling demand and rising costs are forcing thousands of catfish farmers in the Mekong Delta to sell their businesses or go bankrupt. Farmers harvest tra fish in the My Tho Industrial Zone in Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang. Many face bankcruptcy due to low demand and rising costs.LookAtVietnam - Falling demand and rising costs are forcing... Read more

UAE gives thumbs up to catfish imports

July 3, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

UAE gives thumbs up to catfish imports

LookAtVietnam – The United Arab Emirates has given Vietnamese tra and basa catfish the all clear, according to Viet Nam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade. Laboratory tests have shown that Viet Nam’s tra and basa fish are free of any contamination and are fit for human consumption, according to the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority.Laboratory tests... Read more

UAE says Vietnam’s catfish safe, resumes import

July 1, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

UAE says Vietnam’s catfish safe, resumes import

Vietnam’s tra and basa fish are free of contamination and safe for consumption in the United Arab Emirates market, the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) said recently after conducting tests on the fish. The authority’s public relations and communication manager Mohammed Jalal Al Rayaisa said the... Read more

Ministry decries US catfish duties

June 24, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

Ministry decries US catfish duties

LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a statement voicing its strong opposition against the US International Trade Commission (ITC)’s decision to continue imposing anti-dumping duties on imports of Vietnamese tra and basa catfish Farmers in southern province of Hau Giang harvest basa fish. The Ministry of Industry and... Read more

Vietnam opposes US duties on tra, basa exports

June 20, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

Vietnam opposes US duties on tra, basa exports

LookAtVietnam - Vietnamese businesses and farmers are opposed to a US decision announced early this week to maintain existing antidumping duties on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam, the Vietnam Fisheries Association said Thursday. The association chairman Nguyen Viet Thang was responding to an announcement on Tuesday by the US International Trade Commission which... Read more

Vietnam opposes US duties on tra, basa exports

June 19, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

Vietnam opposes US duties on tra, basa exports

Vietnamese businesses and farmers are opposed to a US decision announced early this week to maintain existing antidumping duties on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam, the Vietnam Fisheries Association said Thursday. The association chairman Nguyen Viet Thang was responding to an announcement on Tuesday by the US... Read more

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