A consumer selects pork products at a supermarket (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam imported morethan 46,402 tonnes of pork and related products as of April 13, rocketing over300 percent from the same period last year, according to the Department ofAnimal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Imports from Canada accounted for 25 percent ofthe total, Germany 19 percent, Poland 14 percent, Brazil 9.5 percent, the US8.39 percent, Spain 6.72 percent and Russia 4 percent.
Vietnam has allowed the import of meat andrelated products from 24 countries, with pork and related products from 19countries.
At a meeting with pig farming businesses in lateMarch, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung assigned the Ministry of Financeto consider and propose tax cuts on pork imports soon.
He also told the MARD to coordinate with theMinistry of Industry and Trade and the Foreign Ministry to give maximum supportfor Vietnamese firms to seek suitable supplies in exporting countries andimport pork in line with the PM’s directions.
Meanwhile, the MARD said it has instructedlocalities and worked with businesses to increase pig farming so as to reducepork prices.
During the reviewed period, Vietnam alsoimported over 37,104 tonnes of beef and buffalo meat, which respectively surgedabout 200 percent and 135 percent year on year. Most of the beef was fromAustralia, the US, Russia and Canada while the majority of imported buffalomeat was from India.
It also bought some 78,376 tonnes of poultrymeat and related products from foreign sources, up 150 percent year on year,mostly from the US, the Republic of Korea, Brazil, Poland, the Netherlands andRussia, the Department of Animal Health said./.
VNA
