Shrimp being processed at a Minh Phu Seafood Corp factory in Ca Mau. Seafood is one of the province's key export items. (Photo: VNA) Ca Mau (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mauhas put forth a series of measures to achieve its goal of earning 1.9 billionUSD from export in 2025.
According to Chairman of the provincial People’s CommitteeNguyen Tien Hai, the authorities continue supporting enterprises in expandingproduction, building brand names and applying transparent information and goodsorigin tracing systems.
Ca Mau has implemented solutions to assist the applicationof science and technology in production for better productivity and product quality,he went on, adding that local firms are encouraged to ultilise technologicaladvances in a number of support industries, apparel, and farm produceprocessing.
The provincial Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment was tasked with working with relevant agencies in guiding farmersto carry out effective aquaculture, ensuring the material sources for localseafood processing plants.
Ca Mau’s centre for investment promotion and businesssupport planned to intensify trade stimulation activities, and assist firms in seekingnew partners in export and boosting competitiveness.
The Ca Mau association of seafood exporters and producers,meanwhile, has worked to offer prompt market updates for its members and urgedthem to team up to strengthen their export power.
Between 2016 and 2019, the province’s export grew at anannual average of 4.43 percent to reel in nearly 4.4 billion USD in total.
Currently, Ca Mau is getting ready for boosting shipments tothe EU after the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement takes effect.
However, export activities still fall short of the localpotential due to low competitiveness, the failure in taking advantage of incentivesin available free trade pacts, and red tape./.
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