An Australian delegation will visit Viet Nam from February 26 to March 2 to learn about the processing chain for shrimps exported to Australia. This was announced by the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). The delegation will focus on the main issues, including prevention and control of aquatic animal diseases and issuance of shrimp export quarantine certification. It will visit the laboratories where shrimps are tested for white spot syndrome and yellow head disease before being exported. Delegation members will also visit other facilities related to the shrimp processing chain, including facilities that produce shrimp varieties, breed shrimps and process the exported shrimps, in Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, Kien Giang and Ca Mau provinces. To ensure favourable conditions for the delegation to understand the process and to further the export of Vietnamese shrimps to the Australian market, the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will coordinate with VASEP and local seafood firms exporting shrimps to Australia to support the exporters while working with the Australian delegation. The department said local seafood exporters should actively review the processing chain for seafood exports to Australia, including infrastructure conditions, equipment, quality management system, records, data, processes relating to production chains and bio-safety conditions. According to the Viet Nam Trade Office in Australia, seafood products have great potential of being exported to Australia because the market there needs some one million tonnes of seafood. Australia’s domestic production only meets 30 per cent of the… [Read full story]
Hanoi has called on the Australian government to reconsider the ban, which has hit thousands of farmers. Vietnamese shrimp exporters are facing losses and could go bankrupt following Australia's ban on imports of the crustacean, aimed at preventing white spot syndrome, a Vietnamese government official was quoted as saying. Australia, which imports 30 percent of its shrimp from Vietnam, put the six-month ban in place in January this year. "The order to suspend imports of uncooked shrimp without giving sufficient warning to Vietnamese shrimp export firms is not really in line with common practices," Deputy Trade Minister Tran Quoc Khanh…... [read more]
Vietnam's fisheries quality agency has slammed a new Australian regulation that requires all shrimp imported from Vietnam to be quarantined and screened for certain diseases. The Sai Gon Giai Phong daily said Australia now required fresh and frozen shrimp to be certified as being free from white spot, yellow head, taura, virus, and red eus. They also asked the head and body of shrimps to be separated for quarantine. Nguyen Tu Cuong, head of the National Fisheries Quality Assurance and Veterinary Directorate, said the new regulation was unreasonable since none of the above diseases had ever been found in Vietnamese…... [read more]
Two specific types of Vietnamese shrimp imports to the American market are not subject to penalty duties, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) said in its final anti-dumping case ruling Tuesday. The U.S. will not impose anti-dumping duties on dusted and battered shrimp from Vietnam because the scope of the department's anti-dumping probes did not include the two products, the DOC said. According to the DOC, dusted shrimp is produced from fresh, thawed-from-frozen, and peeled shrimp to which a "dusting" layer of rice or wheat flour of at least 95 percent purity has been applied. The entire surface of the…... [read more]
Vietnam’s seafood exports to Australia yielded US$115 million in the first eight months this year, of these shrimp accounted for 63 percent total export volume, reported the Vietnam Seafood Producers and Processors Association. Australia has become a potential market of Vietnamese shrimp products, ranked the seventh largest importer after the U.S., Japan, the EU, China, South Korea and Canada. Raw material and processed shrimp exports to Australia from China who is the main rival of Vietnam have dropped over 50 percent. Therefore, Vietnam can take advantage of this opportunity to expand its market share, said the Association. Moreover, Australian market…... [read more]
(VEN) - The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) predicted Vietnamese shrimp exports may reach US$2.4 billion this year, an increase of 6.5 percent compared to last year. Vietnam achieved US$2.25 billion in shrimp export value via exports in 2012 to over 90 countries and territories across the world, down 6.3 percent from the previous year. Of the total export value of US$2.25 billion, black tiger shrimp exports contributed US$1.16 billion, accounting for 56 percent, while white shrimp exports reached US$676.6 million, accounting for 32.8 percent. Although shrimp export value last year decreased by 6.3 percent compared to…... [read more]
