Foreign importers continuously contact to place orders, but this does not make Vietnamese exporters happy: they do not have tra fish to sell. Just a couple of weeks ago, farmers cried about the tra fish unsaleability, especially oversize fish. The tra fish prices dropped dramatically, while merchants, who supplied fish to processing workshops, refused to [...]
Vietnam has earned just US$17.8 million from exporting 8,500 tonnes of tra fish this year, down 26 percent in output and 6.8 percent in export value over the same period last year. According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the number of exporters to the market has dropped from 43 last [...]
Doubts have been raised that seafood export enterprises are joining hands to force tra fish prices down in the domestic market. The tra fish price has plummeted by 4000-6000 dong per kilo after it reached the highest peak of 28,500-29,000 dong per kilo in May. Especially, the price of oversize fish has dropped by 7000 [...]
Aug 1 2011 | Posted in
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Viet Nam tra fish exports were worth US$828.6 million in the first half of this year, the Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters has reported. It represents an increase of 27 per cent year-on-year, while volume was up 4.9 per cent. The average export price in June was $2.79 a kilogramme compared to $2.15 a [...]
Vietnam’s tra fish export turnover soared by 40 times from US$40 million in 2001 to over US$1.4 billion in 2010. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the country’s annual tra fish output has remarkably increased over the past ten years, from 37,500 tonnes in 2001 to 1.35 million tonnes in 2010. At [...]
Jul 5 2011 | Posted in
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has made a final decision on anti-dumping tax based on the seventh administrative review of trafish fillet products imported from Vietnam between August 1, 2009 and February 15, 2010. Accordingly, IDI Multinational Development and Investment Joint Stock Company (IDI) and Thien Ma Company will enjoy a zero percent anti-dumping tax. DOC’s final [...]
Jun 29 2011 | Posted in
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