Viet Nam’s tra fish exports to Southeast Asian countries were worth US$87.3 million in the first five months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 14.6 per cent.
Việt Nam’s tra fish (pangasius) industry has been urged to strongly improve its quality so as to compete with not only traditional rivals, but also its biggest tra fish importer – China.
Viet Nam now has more opportunities to promote its tra fish exports to China, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
A fair on tra fish and seafood products will take place at the Agriculture Exhibition Centre in the capital city’s Cau Giay District from October 6 to 8.
China will possibly become the largest importer of Vietnamese tra (catfish) in 2017, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
The Vietnamese tra fish exports and those of many other Siluriformes
fish will have to struggle with the American Department of Agriculture
(USDA)''s final inspection rule, said Truong Dinh Hoe, General Secretary
of the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Exports of tra fish to the UK rose 43 per cent in value in the first
six months compared to the same period last year, according to the Viet
Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Tra fish output in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta increased in the first six months of 2015, though the value of exported tra fish products experienced a downfall.
The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)
has lifted the import ban on Vietnamese seafood, according to the
Vietnamese industry and trade ministry''s website baocongthuong.com.vn.
Vietnamese exporters earned US$1.276 billion from the export of tra fish
in the first nine months of this year, a 0.2 per cent increase year
over year.