Three out of the five Vietnamese businesses, which have formed limited liability companies in Indonesia, have been verified and received certificates of lobster cultivation from the Directorate General of Aquaculture, according to Indonesia’s Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
The blockage of lobster export to China has been pushing farmers into a lot of difficulty since China is the biggest lobster import of Việt Nam which accounts for 98-99 per cent of the country’s lobster export,
Vasep said that lobster was being exported to China mainly via unofficial channels, which posed many risks, including price fluctuations and changes in import policies.
Viet Nam saw a record 30-fold growth in lobster exports to reach a total of US$130 million in the first half of the year, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) aims to make
lobster breeding a key economic sector of the central coastal provinces
in Viet Nam.
The US Department of Commerce has sent representatives to Vietnam to inspect local shrimp companies to provide a basis for its final
determination on the anti-subsidy case against shrimp imports from Vietnam.