Hanoi (VNA) – Miratorg Agribusiness Holdings, Russia’s largest producer of pork,expects to export a total of over 50,000 tonnes of pork to Vietnam this year.
It has prepared necessarylegal steps to ship about 3,465 tonnes of the meat to Vietnam through 15 domestic importers,according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development(MARD)’s Department of Animal Health.
Of the volume,1,490 tonnes have arrived at HCM City’s Cat Lai and Phuoc Long ports and theport of Hai Phong earlier this month while the remainder are on the way.
The Russian firm is looking forwards higher exports in the following years.
The department estimated that as of March 15,Vietnam had imported over25.29 tonnes of pork and processed products of the meat, representing a rise of 205 percent over the sameperiod last year.
Pork importsaimed to make up for the shortage in supply and rein in skyrocketing pork prices caused by the Africanswine fever.
Pork was mainlyimported from Canada (29.35 percent), Germany (19.43 percent), Polland (11.83percent), Brazil (9.98 percent) and the US (5.53 percent).
Recently, PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the MARD and relevant agencies to implementmeasures to lower pork prices.
The MARD askedbig husbandry companies to reduce live hog price to 70,000 USD (3 USD). If thepork prices were not lowered to the expected levels, the ministry said it wouldhave to increase imports in an effort to cool off the prices.
Pork prices wereon a downward trend but remained at high levels in some northern provinces likeHung Yen, Lao Cai and Phu Tho, with live hog price at around 83,000 VND perkilo for live hog.
Vietnam was alsostrengthening pig reproduction with the focus on ensuring biosafety standards.As a result, pork supply was expected to start to increase from this month.
From thebeginning of this year, Vietnam also increased imports of buffalo meat (with19,356 tonnes, up by 128 percent), beef (14,160 tonnes, up 217 percent) andpoultry meat (48,300 tonnes, up by 86 percent) as substitutes to pork -the most popular kind of meat in Vietnamese daily diet./.
It has prepared necessarylegal steps to ship about 3,465 tonnes of the meat to Vietnam through 15 domestic importers,according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development(MARD)’s Department of Animal Health.
Of the volume,1,490 tonnes have arrived at HCM City’s Cat Lai and Phuoc Long ports and theport of Hai Phong earlier this month while the remainder are on the way.
The Russian firm is looking forwards higher exports in the following years.
The department estimated that as of March 15,Vietnam had imported over25.29 tonnes of pork and processed products of the meat, representing a rise of 205 percent over the sameperiod last year.
Pork importsaimed to make up for the shortage in supply and rein in skyrocketing pork prices caused by the Africanswine fever.
Pork was mainlyimported from Canada (29.35 percent), Germany (19.43 percent), Polland (11.83percent), Brazil (9.98 percent) and the US (5.53 percent).
Recently, PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the MARD and relevant agencies to implementmeasures to lower pork prices.
The MARD askedbig husbandry companies to reduce live hog price to 70,000 USD (3 USD). If thepork prices were not lowered to the expected levels, the ministry said it wouldhave to increase imports in an effort to cool off the prices.
Pork prices wereon a downward trend but remained at high levels in some northern provinces likeHung Yen, Lao Cai and Phu Tho, with live hog price at around 83,000 VND perkilo for live hog.
Vietnam was alsostrengthening pig reproduction with the focus on ensuring biosafety standards.As a result, pork supply was expected to start to increase from this month.
From thebeginning of this year, Vietnam also increased imports of buffalo meat (with19,356 tonnes, up by 128 percent), beef (14,160 tonnes, up 217 percent) andpoultry meat (48,300 tonnes, up by 86 percent) as substitutes to pork -the most popular kind of meat in Vietnamese daily diet./.
VNA
