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May 23
Japan has announced to end tests for Trifluralin, a commonly used pre-emergence herbicide, on Vietnamese shrimp exported to the country.
Following the start of Japan ’s tests on October 21, 2010 , Viet Nam ’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development banned the use of 44 Trifluralin-contained products in aquatic farming as part of efforts to win back Japan ’s confidence in Vietnamese shrimp.
May 23
Administrative Council’s members of An Giang Fisheries Import and Export Joint Stock Company (Agifish) gathered in the Q.II/2013 meeting in preparation for the company’s 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. They also took some decisions related to Agifish’s business plan in 2013.
The Administrative Council heard the report on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s final results of the eighth antidumping duty administrative review (POR8)
May 21
Between January and March 2013, Vietnam imported US$133 million of fish for processing. The four main suppliers were Taiwan, Japan, Norway and India, covering 40.3 percent of the total. In the next two quarters of the year, purchase of raw material from outside is predicted to increase by 5 – 7 percent over the compatible period of 2012.
Marine fish, tuna, shrimp, squid and octopus were the most imported products in terms of value. Taiwan remained Vietnam’s biggest supplier of ocean tuna and other marine fish like eel, frozen whole halfbeak, shark, and headless swordfish.
May 06
The Global Aquaculture Alliance on Wednesday announced after months of investigation by research team at the University of Arizona, the pathogen causing early mortality syndrome (EMS).
The researchers found that EMS is caused by a bacterial agent, which is transmitted orally, colonizes the shrimp gastrointestinal tract and produces a toxin that causes tissue destruction and dysfunction of the shrimp digestive organ known as the hepatopancreas. It does not affect humans.
May 06
Vietnam shrimp exports in QI/2013 reached US$424.6 million, 2.6 percent down over QI/2012. Sales to main markets such as Japan, the U.S and EU fell. Exports to South Korea sharply decreased by 27.4 percent.
Countervailing duty petition by the U.S, ethoxyquin testing with MRL 0.01 ppm by South Korea and low demand from international markets, had strong impacts on Vietnam’s shrimp exports in the first three months of 2013.
In QI/2013, shrimp exports to China witnessed a positive growth by 18.9 percent and this market has surpassed the EU market to become the third largest consumer of shrimp produced in Vietnam.
Apr 09
Seafood products such as tiger shrimp, white legged-shrimp and tra fish in the Mekong Delta and other southern provinces have been found to have no toxic antibiotic in a quality examination of a relevant inspection agency.
The southern unit of the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (Nafiqad) has launched an overall inspection into localities as Japan and South Korea have tightened ethoxyquin and trifluralin residue checks on shrimps imported from Vietnam. Seafood quality control delegations from the U.S., Russia, Australia and Brazil have also made more trips to the country compared to previous years.
Therefore, Nafiqad has asked its units to speed up seafood checks. In the South, seafood produced in 14 provinces and cities have been confirmed to be free from banned substances.
Nguyen Van Nhiem, head of My Thanh Shrimp Association in Soc Trang Province, said that local farmers have raised awareness on using banned antibiotic in shrimp or tra fish farming.
Besides, farmers have gained experience in using substitute substances. However, antibiotic is no longer a problem to members of this association but they are now facing capital shortage to continue shrimp farming.
Over the past years, shrimp farmers in Soc Trang have taken out bank loans to facilitate farming. However, they have suffered heavy losses as a large volume of shrimp died en masse, Nhiem said.
According to Nafiqad, Binh Thuan, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh and Kien Giang provinces have suffered shrimp diseases due to unstable environmental factors. Tra fish diseases have also been detected in Vinh Long Province.
White spot and liver diseases on shrimps have spread throughout the country. Last year, Tra Vinh Province suffered the biggest damage with nearly 36.5% of shrimp farming area contracted with the diseases.
Source: VASEP
Mar 25
The GLOBALG.A.P. team presented the GLOBALG.A.P. Livestock and Aquaculture standards at the VIV/AQUATIC ASIA, which took place in Bangkok from 13 -15 March 2013. The leading show in in Asia for livestock and aquaculture producers and suppliers, VIV/AQUATIC ASIA attracted thousands of visitors interested in learning more about the latest developments in the production of poultry, pigs, cattle, feed and aquaculture, as well as all production related issues.
The GLOBALG.A.P. team conducted two seminars during the VIV Asia Fair.
The first seminar, entitled “The GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance – A Provision For Best Market Access of Livestock Producers” took place on 14 March 2013 and was conducted by Dr. Roland Aumueller, Head of Standards Management for Livestock and Feed at GLOBALG.A.P. The seminar covered the pillars of food safety, traceability, worker welfare, animal welfare and environmental protection and provided a forum for discussing the latest developments in the industry.
The new GLOBALG.A.P.+ Animal Welfare Add-on modules for Broilers and Finishing Pigs were also presented to the public for the first time. The seminar also outlined the framework of two additional add-on modules currently under development, one on the responsible use of antibiotics/animal health and the other on responsible water management, which will soon be available.
The second seminar was conducted on 15 March 2013 by Zhou Xing, the Chinese representative of GLOBALG.A.P. Titled “Aquaculture Certification – One Standard for the Entire Production Chain”, the seminar focused on this rapidly growing sector of production in Asia. Now any finfish, crustacean or mollusc farming production can apply for GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture Certification in Version 4, which was launched in March 2011. The seminar also introduced localg.a.p., the stepping stone solution towards GLOBALG.A.P. Certification, which also acts as an important tool for helping producers and retailers gain better access to local and regional markets.
Due to the numerous food scandals that have occurred in recent months, GLOBALG.A.P. generated enormous interest and numerous discussions on food safety, risk assessment, risk management and quality assurance.
“The enormous interest proves that the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance Standard greatly assists Asian livestock and aquaculture producers and the feed mills to get better market access in both a local and a global context,” said Flavio Alzueta, GLOBALG.A.P. Marketing Manager.
Learn more about the GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture and Livestock Standards on our website: www.globalgap.org
Contact for the Livestock standards:
Dr. Roland Aumüller
Specialist Veterinary Surgeon Standard Management Livestock and Feed GLOBALG.A.P. c/o FoodPLUS Spichernstr. 55 – 50672 Koeln, Germany
Tel: +49-171-745 1770
Fax: +49-8743-91438
Email: aumueller@globalgap.org
Contact for the Aquaculture Standard:
Valeska Weymann
Standard Management Aquaculture
GLOBALG.A.P. c/o FoodPLUS GmbH,
Spichernstr. 55, 50672 Koeln, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 178 477 1464
Email: weymann@globalgap.org
Feb 20
In 2012, Vietnam seafood exports reached US$6.134 billion, up 0.3 percent from those of 2011. Exports of key farmed fish reported negative results, however, exports of tuna, marine finfish posted a positive results thanks to higher catch landings and imports.
Shrimp exports made up the largest proportion of total export value, with US$2.24 billion, down 6.6 percent over that of 2011 in which whiteleg shrimp hit US$741 million (up 33 percent) and black tiger shrimp hit US$1.25 billion (up 56 percent), the rest was other species of shrimp.
Feb 06
Source: http://www.vietnam-business.biz
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has raised the doubts about the sum of 38 trillion dong disbursed to catfish farmers reported by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
The agriculture ministry has sent a document to Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, requesting to check the outstanding loans of 38 trillion dong reportedly disbursed to the seafood industry in the first nine months of 2012.
The ministry said that if the sum of money had been really lend to farmers and processing companies, the number of households which had to give up farming and the number of processing factories incurring losses would have been much lower.
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