Posts Tagged ‘ Basa Fish ’

Seafood sector lacks quality breeds

December 29, 2009
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 [...]

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Tra fish exports start leaping

November 30, 2009
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 [...]

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Seafood likely to net year’s target

November 10, 2009
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, [...]

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VASEP proposes to lower import tariff on materials to boost exports

September 25, 2009
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 factories now in [...]

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Rising costs, falling demand sending catfish farmers broke

September 7, 2009
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 [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 2/8

August 2, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 2/8

Domestic coffee price up by VND300-400 per kilo; PM gives nod to int’l border-gate city in Quang Ninh; Vietnam, Indonesia discuss sea, fishing cooperation; Programme helps raise garment industry’s competitiveness; Plan to develop rubber plantations until 2015 Domestic coffee price up by VND300-400 per kilo  The domestic price of coffee on July 31 rose by [...]

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UAE gives thumbs up to catfish imports

July 3, 2009
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 [...]

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UAE says Vietnam’s catfish safe, resumes import

July 1, 2009
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 UAE has removed the ban on imports of [...]

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Ministry decries US catfish duties

June 24, 2009
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 Trade said [...]

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Vietnam opposes US duties on tra, basa exports

June 20, 2009
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 said the [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...