The event marking the export of Nam Viet Group's tra fish products made under a high-tech process on October 30 (Photo: VNA) An Giang (VNA) - Batchesof tra fish products manufactured under a high-tech production process havebeen shipped to the EU, South America, ASEAN, China, and the Middle East by acompany based in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.
The exporter, Nam Viet Group, owns a tra fishfarming area with modern technologies and GlobalGAP, Aquaculture StewardshipCouncil, and VietGAP certificates.
It also has several processing plants meetingstrict requirements for exporting goods to demanding markets, in addition to aGlobalGAP-standard factory producing fish feed.
The company said it will export 300-350containers each month, with each containing 25 tonnes of tra fish products madeunder a high-tech process.
Despite COVID-19, the export of agriculturalproducts has basically met targets, especially tra fish, a major foreigncurrency earner that has gradually regained access to traditional markets,according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung DucTien.
He noted that the EU-Vietnam Free TradeAgreement (EVFTA), which took effect on August 1, creates the conditions necessaryfor the Mekong Delta, the largest aquaculture and agriculture hub in Vietnam,to ship key products to European markets.
The agro-forestry-fishery sector posted a tradesurplus of over 7.9 billion USD in the first 10 months of this year, up 10.7percent year-on-year. Exports were estimated at 33.6 billion USD, up 1.1 percentyear-on-year, while imports reached nearly 25.6 billion USD, down 1.5 percent.
In October alone, total exportturnover rose 4.2 percent against September, to around 3.8 billion USD, theagriculture ministry reported./.
VNA
