The Chinese side had recently raised some technical queries with regard to a few aquatic products from Viet Nam.The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said that aquatic shipments to China, a key agro-forestry-fishery export market of Viet Nam, have encountered a few problems.For example, China requires factories which want to ship their processed aquatic products into the country, to have export code numbers, and exporters to be approved by them.Meanwhile, according to the regulations of Vietnam's National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD), producers only need to be recognised as eligible to export to China in order to trade.Some products such as salmon also have not been allowed to enter China. NAFIQAD has sent numerous documents to the Chinese side, but there has been no official response yet.Amid the Chinese importers' surge in purchasing Vietnamese seafood, China's authorised agencies have also been asking for health … [Read more...] about Remove bottlenecks in aquatic exports to China: VASEP
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Tra fish exports could be hurt by false news: VASEP
Viet Nam News HCM CITY - Incorrect news broadcast by overseas media can hurt exports of tra fish this year, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (VASEP) has said. Three weeks ago, Spanish commercial television channel Cuatro broadcast incorrect and defamatory information on tra fish bred in the Cửu Long (Mekong) River, said VASEP General Secretary Trương Đình Hòe. According to the Cuatro report, tra fish is being raised in unclean cages and fed with non-industrialised feed like dead fish and other food waste. The report went on to charge that this was the reason for low prices of Vietnamese tra fish. Five days later, the station continued to broadcast wrong information about the breeding of tra fish in the country, VASEP said. After receiving information about the Cuatro report, VASEP sent a letter to the local media, rejecting it in its entirety, stressing that Việt Nam's tra fish production was hygienic and safe to consume. Hòe said that demand for … [Read more...] about Tra fish exports could be hurt by false news: VASEP
No year-end surge in tra fish, shrimp exports to the US: VASEP
Viet Nam will not see high year-end growth in exports of tra fish and shrimp to US by this year because trade barriers have reduced their value, according to the national seafood association.– Photo cafef.vn Viet Nam will not see high year-end growth in exports of tra fish and shrimp to US by this year because trade barriers have reduced their value, according to the national seafood association. Meanwhile, exports of these seafood products to Japan, China, Brazil and the ASEAN bloc have increased significantly in the first eight months of the year, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). In the first eight months of this year, the value of Viet Nam’s shrimp exports to the US was nearly US$416 million, down 4.4 per cent over the same period in 2016. The US has dropped from being the largest export market for Vietnamese shrimp in 2006 to fourth place now. According to … [Read more...] about No year-end surge in tra fish, shrimp exports to the US: VASEP
VASEP highlights risk of IUU fishing
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has urged seafood processors, importers and exporters to participate in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.This is an important step to stop Vietnamese seafood from being warned or prohibited from importing to key markets such as the European Union and the United States.According to VASEP, Vietnam could be fined by the EU with a "yellow card" if it does not promptly and fully adhere to EU’s requirements on fighting IUU fishing, which are related to the five recommendations made by the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE)’s working group during the reviewed period of May 15-19, 2017, in Vietnam.If a country is subject to a yellow card (an official EU warning), it will create nervousness among EU retailers in connection with seafood imported from that country, and they may substitute the seafood from that particular country. If the country is fined … [Read more...] about VASEP highlights risk of IUU fishing
VASEP opposes US shrimp subsidy decision
Tran Thien Hai, VASEP chairman, said the duties imposed on Vietnamese shrimp were "unfair, especially when the product is also subject to anti-dumping duties". The Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has expressed opposition to a preliminary decision by the US Department of Commerce (DOC) on shrimp imports from seven countries, including Viet Nam. On May 29, in its preliminary decision, the DOC said that the two compulsory defendants, Minh Quy Seafood Co Ltd and Nha Trang Seafood Joint-Stock Company, were receiving subsidies from the Vietnamese government. The DOC said it would impose anti-subsidy duties of 5.08 per cent for Minh Quy; 7.05 per cent for Nha Trang Seafood; and 6.07 per cent for other businesses that export frozen warm-water shrimp to the US. The DOC will also impose countervailing duties on products imported from Thailand (2.09 per cent), China (5.76 per cent), India (11.32 per cent) and Malaysia (62.74 per cent). Tran Thien Hai, VASEP … [Read more...] about VASEP opposes US shrimp subsidy decision