$0The southernmost province of Ca Mau is applying breakthrough measures to earn 1 billion USD from exports. $0 $0$0 $0 $0With focus on aquatic products and rice, the two major income earners of the locality, Ca Mau is working to deal with material shortage by both buying local aquatic materials and importing those from other countries. $0 $0$0 $0 $0Besides targeting traditional markets like the US , Japan , China and the EU, it is also stepping up trade promotion and penetrating into new and emerging markets. $0 $0$0 $0 $0Ca Mau has also asked sectors and businesses to restructure themselves to improve operation efficiency while reducing costs and increasing the quality of products. The province also assists local enterprises in coping with difficulties in bank loans, inventories and labour shortage. $0 $0$0 $0 $0The locality is aiming for 980 million USD in seafood exports and about 20 million USD from rice sales. $0 $0$0 $0 $0Ly Van Thuan, General Secretary of the Ca Mau Seafood Exporters’Association, said there were positive signals in the third quarter of this year with many enterprises making a profit and successfully solving their inventory problems. $0 $0$0 $0 $0Many new contracts have been signed, creating better prospects for exports in the last months of the year, he added. $0 $0$0 $0 $0As of October 15, Ca Mau’s exports had already topped 750 billion USD.-VNA$0