Shark catfish exports fell by 61 per cent year-on-year in January to US$83.6 million, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.
According to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the UK is in the top 10 seafood import markets of Viet Nam, accounting for 3 per cent of seafood export value.
For the shark catfish industry in the Mekong Delta region to develop sustainably, authorities need to regulate output and quality and the use of chemicals more stringently and prevent unauthorised farming.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) under the United States Department of Agriculture has proposed continuing Viet Nam’s eligibility to export Siluriformes fish, commonly known as catfish, and fish products to the United States.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has urged the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces, especially An Giang Province, to apply advanced technologies in production of tra fish (catfish).
Viet Nam’s catfish exports have been robust this year but the country’s overwhelming dependence on the increasingly competitive Chinese market remains a matter of risk.
Shark catfish farming has grown rapidly in An Giang Province due to the authorities’ efforts to introduce sophisticated farming techniques and new technologies.
Catfish is one of Viet Nam’s major seafood exports with a turnover of US$1.8 billion, and its skin, a waste product, is also being exported starting recently.
Viet Nam’s tra-basa (catfish) fish exporters will likely find it more challenging to export to the US market after the US Department of Commerce (DOC) imposed high anti-dumping duties on frozen catfish fillets imported from Viet Nam. Vietnam News Agency...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has targeted to earn US$2 billion from catfish exports this year, accounting for 31.5 per cent of the fishery industry’s total export value.
US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will inspect reality of Viet Nam’s catfish control system in next months, according the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD).
Viet Nam’s tra fish exports to Spain see no sign of recovery following inaccurate news broadcast by Spanish media early this year, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (VASEP) said.
The export of tra (catfish) is still facing difficulties although exports for January-September hit US$1.3 billion, up 5.8 per cent over the same period last year, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).