The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has temporarily suspended imports of fish, crustaceans, and other products of aquatic animal origin from Vietnam due to the presence of two diseases in the Southeast Asian nation.
The ban, effective 23 January, was based on the World Organization for Animal Health’s "Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report (Asia-Pacific Region) April - June 2017", which shows that white spot disease and acute
… Read MoreVietnam has gained an all-time high of seafood export value last year and is hoping to drive the sales value to a higher level in 2018.
The country exported seafood volumes worth USD 8.3 billion (EUR 6.8 billion) in 2017, jumping 18 percent year-on-year to its highest all-time level, according to latest data from Vietnam Customs. The figure is much higher than a previous target of USD 7.1 billion (EUR 5.78 billion) for 2017 set by Vietnam in
… Read MoreVietnam has released a white book on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) as part of its efforts to fight illegal fishing following a warning from the European Commission last year.
The commission issued the "yellow card" to Vietnam in October 2017, warning the Pacific country it could ban its seafood exports entirely unless Hanoi did more to tackle illegal fishing.
The publication provides information about Vietnam’s
… Read MoreVietnam has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over anti-dumping measures the United States has imposed on Vietnam’s exports of fish fillets, according to announcements from Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and the WTO.
In the WTO filing, the Southeast Asian nation requested consultations with the U.S. government concerning U.S. anti-dumping regulations and practices, as well as recent anti-dumping
… Read MoreVietnam’s pangasius exports to the United States have declined sharply after the U.S. imposed higher anti-dumping tariffs and began carrying out stringent inspections in 2017, Vietnam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (VASEP) said in a statement last week.
The value of Vietnam’s pangasius shipments to the United States went down 9.7 percent year-on-year to nearly USD 320 million (EUR 267 million) from January to
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Vietnam has rolled out a plan to significantly increase its aquaculture production.
Under the plan, by 2025, Vietnam hopes to produce 5.6 million metric tons (MT) of farmed seafood per year – up 16.7 percent from the 4.8 million MT the country produced in 2021.
By 2025, the country said it will be able to produce more than half of its demand for black tiger shrimp broodstock, more than 25 percent of its demand for vannamei
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