Minister asks for efforts to achieve shrimp export targets
(11/25/2019 12:00:00 AM)
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Xuan
Cuong has asked localities and enterprises to deploy measures to
optimise opportunities for the shrimp sector to achieve the goal of
4.1-4.2 billion USD in export in 2019.
The
minister requested localities and businesses to promptly implement the
plans for the shrimp sector in 2019, while strengthening connections in
shrimp value chain, considering it as the key to reduce cost and improve
quality and value.
He
stressed the need to control the quality of the value chain from
breeding shrimp, feed, environmental treatment products to production
and processing stages to meet the demand of domestic and foreign
markets, enhancing the competitiveness of Vietnamese shrimps.
Businesses
should pay greater attention to processing, optimising the capacity of
existing factories to create products with high added value, while
continuing expanding shrimp markets, he said.
He
asked agencies of the ministry to continue coordinating closely
together in supporting the sustainable development of the sector.
He
assigned the Directorate of Fisheries to summarise the opinions and
recommendations of businesses for deploying timely solutions. The
Department of Agro-Product Processing and Market Development was asked
to seek more markets for shrimps, especially finding ways to boost
official export of shrimp to the Chinese market.
According
to the MARD, in 2018, shrimp production fetched 762,000 tonnes, up 6.3
percent over 2017, ensuring materials for export processing.
In
2019, the sector is predicted to face a drop in export due to slower
demand and unfavourable weather conditions that affect the production,
as well as the US-China trade tension.
However,
experts held that the sector would overcome difficulties in the year
thanks to the determination of the political system and the
effectiveness of signed free trade agreements.
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