Seafood businesses advised to boost official exports to China
Domestic seafood enterprises, especially those from southern localities, will have excellent opportunities to boost official exports to China in 2019 thanks to the country’s reduction of tariff and aquaculture output due to environmental and production cost issues, heard a workshop in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on March 5.
An Giang (VNA) – Domestic seafoodenterprises, especially those from southern localities, will have excellentopportunities to boost official exports to China in 2019 thanks to thecountry’s reduction of tariff and aquaculture output due to environmental andproduction cost issues, heard a workshop in the Mekong Delta province of AnGiang on March 5.
Speaking at the event thatseeks ways to boost Vietnam’s agro-fishery official exports to China,Secretary-General of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers(VASEP) Truong Dinh Hoe suggested businesses manage the quality of productsbefore exporting to China.
This solution aims to protect the brand ofVietnamese seafood in the Chinese market, he said.
Vice Chairman of the Vietnam PangasiusAssociation Vo Hung Dung said seafood businesses must improve the quality ofproducts to meet strict requirements from China.
Businesses proposed relevant departments urgeChinese authorised agencies to add Vietnamese products to the “list of productsapproved for import into China.”
According to the VASEP, Chinahas become a major seafood importer of Vietnam since 2013, and Vietnam’sexports to the country achieved a growth more stable than that of othermarkets.
In 2018, Vietnam exported over 1.2 billion USDworth of seafood to China, 70 percent of which were official.-VNA
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Processing seafood for exports (Photo: VNA)
