The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has called onthe Tra fish industry to earn between 1.45 to 1.55 billion USD inexports this year against the 2010 revenue of 1.4 billion USD.
The target was announced at a meeting on tra fish in the Mekong Deltacity of Can Tho on January 18 under the chair of MARD DeputyMinister Vu Van Tam.
Other targets includeexpanding tra fish farming areas in Mekong Delta, the nation’s largestsupplier of the fish, by 900 ha to 6,300 ha for a yearly catch ofbetween 1.2 and 1.3 million tonnes and increasing fish fry production upto 2.6 billion fry from 2.4 billion last year.
Fish farmers are urged to register their codes and conditions to make it easy to track product origins.
Dong Thap, An Giang, Ben Tre and Can Tho in the Mekong Delta remainkey players in the industry’s development strategy, which emphasisesfood hygiene and safety and reasonable prices.
Thestrategy also calls for further expansion of market share abroad and anincrease in shipments of value-added products, while also expandingdomestic market share.
Last year, the EuropeanUnion was the largest market for Vietnamese tra fish, accounting for 36percent of the country’s gross export revenues, followed by the US ,Mexico and Russia , which make up 21.6 percent of Vietnam ’s trafish exports.
The Fisheries Directorate affirmedthat fish farms and processing establishments have strictly abided byrules on input product quality, such as feeds and veterinary medicine.
Tra fish processors all have to be recognised asmeeting food hygiene and safety standards before gaining licences toconduct shipments to the EU, Japan, China and other markets./.
The target was announced at a meeting on tra fish in the Mekong Deltacity of Can Tho on January 18 under the chair of MARD DeputyMinister Vu Van Tam.
Other targets includeexpanding tra fish farming areas in Mekong Delta, the nation’s largestsupplier of the fish, by 900 ha to 6,300 ha for a yearly catch ofbetween 1.2 and 1.3 million tonnes and increasing fish fry production upto 2.6 billion fry from 2.4 billion last year.
Fish farmers are urged to register their codes and conditions to make it easy to track product origins.
Dong Thap, An Giang, Ben Tre and Can Tho in the Mekong Delta remainkey players in the industry’s development strategy, which emphasisesfood hygiene and safety and reasonable prices.
Thestrategy also calls for further expansion of market share abroad and anincrease in shipments of value-added products, while also expandingdomestic market share.
Last year, the EuropeanUnion was the largest market for Vietnamese tra fish, accounting for 36percent of the country’s gross export revenues, followed by the US ,Mexico and Russia , which make up 21.6 percent of Vietnam ’s trafish exports.
The Fisheries Directorate affirmedthat fish farms and processing establishments have strictly abided byrules on input product quality, such as feeds and veterinary medicine.
Tra fish processors all have to be recognised asmeeting food hygiene and safety standards before gaining licences toconduct shipments to the EU, Japan, China and other markets./.
