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Aquaculture output grows 4.17 percent to 4.75 million tonnes

Vietnam's aquaculture output is estimated at 4.75 million tonnes this year, rising by some 4.17 percent from 2020, according to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Aquaculture output grows 4.17 percent to 4.75 million tonnes ảnh 1A shrimp farm in Tran De district, the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam's aquaculture output is estimated at 4.75 million tonnes this year, rising bysome 4.17 percent from 2020, according to the Directorate of Fisheries underthe Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Of which, the output of trafish, a major foreign currency earner, stood at 1.5 million tonnes, equivalent tolast year's figure.

The directorate predictedthat the COVID-19 pandemic may continue developing complicatedly in 2022, directlyaffecting logistics and subsequently production and business activities of thefisheries sector. Processing firms may face material shortages in the firstquarter of next year.

Given this, MARD willorder localities to press on with farming so as to ensure sufficient supply ofmaterials for processing in 2022, the directorate added.

This year’saquatic product exports are estimated at 8.89 billion USD, posting a year-on-year increaseof 5.7 percent, data from the Directorateof Fisheries show./.
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