THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
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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.
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
Government is finalizing a draft decree on rice export – Illustration photo
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
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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. |