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Vietnam raked in 124.8 million USD from tra fish exports to members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2013, representing a year-on-year increase of 13 percent, said Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The value of tra fish ( pangasius ) exports is expect to fall slightly next year due to a lack of raw materials, difficulty in obtaining loans for investments and losses by farmers.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and Belgium’s Port of Zeebrugge have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of a tra fish distribution centre in the European Union (EU).

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has voiced its objection to the anti-dumping tax rates on imported Vietnamese tra fish imposed by the preliminary decision of the US Department of Commerce (DOC) after the ninth administrative review (POR9).

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi has asked the US Department of Commerce (DOC) not to impose an anti-dumping tax on Vietnam’s frozen tra fillets and other aquatic products.

Vietnam ’s Directorate of Fisheries has voiced its strong opposition to the US Department of Commerce’s decision to choose Indonesia as the sole benchmark country to calculate the anti-dumping rate on Vietnam ’s tra fish, saying that it will bring the case to the US Court of International Trade.

VASEP says it will go to court to demand that DOC change the decision.

Fisheries remain to be a leading hard currency earner in agriculture, recording over 4.9 billion USD in the 2010 export revenue or a 17 percent increase year on year.

VASEP has confirmed that the US Department of Commerce (DOC) increase in its antidumping tariff on Vietnam’s tra (Pangasius) fish runs counter to the letter and spirit of the free trade agreements between Vietnam and the US.

The number of businesses exporting aquatic products to Brazil has now increased to four, double that of 2009, said the Vietnam Association for Seafood Exporters and Producers.