Workers process frozen shrimp for export at a factory in Ca Mau city (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Industryand Trade (MoIT) has joined hands with other ministries and sectors to promote theexport of agri-aquatic products to Australia.
According to the Ministry’s Import-ExportDepartment, Australia is among the largest buyers of farm and aquatic products ofVietnam, making an annual average import value of 450 million USD in 2011 –2016.
The MoIT has actively worked with the Ministryof Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to address technical barriers to bringshrimps and fresh fruits to Australia.
After a long time of negotiations, Vietnam’s lychees and mangoes were first shippedto Australia in 2015 and 2016, respectively.
The MoIT and the MARD have been working hard for the export of other freshfruits, such as dragon fruits, longan, star apple and rambutan to the market.
They have made tireless efforts to winAustralia’s acceptance of Vietnam’s applications for importing raw shrimps thatare caught naturally in Australia for processing, and then re-exported toAustralia.
The two ministries are working together in urging the Australian Department ofAgriculture and Water Resources to accelerate the recognition of Vietnam’s shrimpsafety from white sport disease and the quality safety control system to allowVietnam to ship its fresh whole shrimps to the market as soon as possible.
They have also provided support for the Vietnam– Australia Group and Minh Phu Company to soon sell their high-quality shrimpproducts to the Australian market.
According to Vietnam’s Trade Office in Australia, Australia is the 7th largestimport market of Vietnamese shrimps, which consumes 3.6 percent of thecountry’s total shrimp export volume.
In 2016, Vietnam earned 114.6 million USD fromshipping shrimps to Australia, 78 percent of which was processed shrimps.
In the past five years, Vietnam has been thelargest supplier of processed shrimps for Australia. Despite the market’sstrict requirements, it is considered a promising market for Vietnamese firmsdue to high and increasing demand. Meanwhile, Australia tends to narrow downits import markets and focus on only major ones, which is also an advantage forVietnam.-VNA
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