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Selling of agro-forestry and marine products promoted

VGP – Permanent Deputy PM Nguyễn Sinh Hùng has just urged ministries and agencies to spare no efforts in increasing the sale of agricultural, forestry and marine products right in the first months of 2010.

March 06, 2010 9:00 AM GMT+7

The Government is finalizing a draft decree on rice export – Illustration photo
The Deputy PM assigns the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in coordination with relevant ministries and provincial People’s Committees to manage quality, safety and hygiene of agricultural, forestry and marine products.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is required to early finalize the draft decree on rice export.

Deputy PM Hùng also urged the Ministry of Finance to consider the export tax reductions applied for products made of timber from planted forests and gardens.

In 2009, pangasius (tra and basa fish) became the number one export of the aquaculture sector, earning a turnover of over US $1 billion.

Following WTO regulations on this product, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is asked to direct the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) to fix an export price managing mechanism for marine products.

Recently, nearly 200 tons of marine products of five exporters in the southern province of Kiên Giang were licensed to enter the EU market. These are the first lots of exports to the EU after the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing regulations came into force.

The export turnover of agro-forestry and fisheries products in 2009 was US $15.34 billion, in which:

- Rice: 6 million tons, earning US $2.7 billion; coffee: 1.1 million tons (US $1.7 billion); rubber: 720,000 tons (US $1.2 billion); cashew-nut: 175,000 tons (US $850 million); tea: 133,000 tons (US $180 million); vegetables and fruits: US $350 million; cassava: US $800 million; wood furniture: US $ 2.8 billion; marine products: over US $4 billion.

In the first two months of 2010, the turnover reached over US $2.8 billion, up nearly 25% compared to the same period last year.

The 2010 figure is estimated to be US $16 billion.

By Xuân Hoàng