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Vietnamese companies allowed to resume seafood exports to Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has permitted 12 Vietnamese companies to resume their exports of seafood to the country, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Department of Asia-Africa Markets has said.
Vietnamese companies allowed to resume seafood exports to Saudi Arabia ảnh 1The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has permitted 12 Vietnamese companies to resume their exports of seafood to the country. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has permitted 12 Vietnamesecompanies to resume their exports of seafood to the country, the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade (MoIT)’s Department of Asia-Africa Markets has said.

Saudi Arabia decided to temporarily suspend fishery imports from Vietnam inJanuary 2018, after a delegation of regulators, including the SFDA, conductedan inspection of a number of Vietnamese facilities and found that some failedto meet the country’s hygiene requirements.

Thanks to efforts from Vietnamese exporters as well as coordination betweenMoIT, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and relevant authoritiesin Saudi Arabia, shipments are to begin again.

The Vietnamese companies are the Halong Canfoco-Danang Company Limited, the BinhDinh Fishery JSC, the Thanh Dung Canning Company Limited, the Tin Thinh Co.,Ltd, Fujiura Nha Trang Ltd, the T&H Nha Trang Company Limited, the MarisoVietnam Company Limited, the Hai Nam Co., Ltd, Pataya Food Industries (Vietnam)Limited, the Tien Trien Company Limited, the Rach Gia Kisimex Factory, and the VietLong Kien Giang Limited Company.

The Department of Asia-Africa Markets will soon work with relevant authoritiesto remove the Saudi Arabian ban in full.

Local exporters must pay attention to improving product quality, as SaudiArabia is a fastidious market with strict requirements on all imports. As aleading market in the Middle East, any policy adopted by the Saudis may affect thedecisions of other regional countries, MoIT said./.
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