Seven tunas weighing 320 kilograms were selected in the central provinceof Binh Dinh on January 31 to be exported to Japan.
One hundred tunas, which were caught using Japanese technology, were brought to the provincial Quy Nhon seaport.
This is the second batch of tuna to be exported to Japan, following anagreement between the Binh Dinh fishery joint stock company (Bidifisco)and its Japanese partner, the Kato Company. The first batch, comprisingnine selected tunas, was exported in August 2014.
The ninetunas were sent to Japan for a tuna auction at the Osaka wholesalemarket. Their average price was some 240,000 VND per kilogram (11.3USD), three times higher than the purchase price in Binh Dinh province.
Furthermore, experts from Kato will cooperate with Binh Dinhto continue to instruct provincial fishermen on measures, fishingtechnologies and preservation methods to meet the export requirements ofthe Japanese market.
Besides the seven tunas to be exported toJapan by air, the remaining fish will be bought by Bidifisco at a costhigher than the current market price.
After a dramatic growthof 58.4 percent which accounted for nearly 8 percent of the totalaquatic product export turnover in 2012, the country's tuna industry sawa decline in tuna exports for two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014.
The total value of Vietnam's tuna exports fell from 567.5million USD to 527 million USD in 2013, and continued to fall to 484million USD in 2014. Exports to major markets, such as the UnitedStates, Japan and the ASEAN region, as of the end of the year werebleak, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters andProducers (VASEP).
Moreover, in the two major import markets ofthe European Union (EU) and Japan, the value of tuna exports iswitnessing a downward trend. Also, despite having recovered in the lastmonths of 2014, the US market did not record a significant change.
The Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam (Vietnam Economic Times) quoted GeneralSecretary of VASEP Truong Dinh Hoe as saying there were two primaryreasons behind the declining turnover in the industry.
First,demand in some tuna importing countries did not increase in 2013, aschanges in production capacity and resources in 2012 and 2013 concernedthem. As a result, they either did not increase their demand or boughteven less last year. The second reason, Hoe said, was that the countryimported about 50 percent of raw tuna to process every year, butdifficult import procedures limited the same last year.
According to the VASEP General Secretary, Vietnam will continue to see the same situations this year.
Despite difficulties, VASEP still set a target of a 4 to
5 percentincrease in the tuna export turnover in 2015, as compared to that in2014.
This is because it has been projected that the economiesof the main export markets of Vietnam, including Japan, the EU and theUS, will recover this year. In addition, consumption in these markets isexpected to increase in the initial months of the year, which is whyVASEP believes that the export turnover could reach 510 million USD.-VNA
One hundred tunas, which were caught using Japanese technology, were brought to the provincial Quy Nhon seaport.
This is the second batch of tuna to be exported to Japan, following anagreement between the Binh Dinh fishery joint stock company (Bidifisco)and its Japanese partner, the Kato Company. The first batch, comprisingnine selected tunas, was exported in August 2014.
The ninetunas were sent to Japan for a tuna auction at the Osaka wholesalemarket. Their average price was some 240,000 VND per kilogram (11.3USD), three times higher than the purchase price in Binh Dinh province.
Furthermore, experts from Kato will cooperate with Binh Dinhto continue to instruct provincial fishermen on measures, fishingtechnologies and preservation methods to meet the export requirements ofthe Japanese market.
Besides the seven tunas to be exported toJapan by air, the remaining fish will be bought by Bidifisco at a costhigher than the current market price.
After a dramatic growthof 58.4 percent which accounted for nearly 8 percent of the totalaquatic product export turnover in 2012, the country's tuna industry sawa decline in tuna exports for two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014.
The total value of Vietnam's tuna exports fell from 567.5million USD to 527 million USD in 2013, and continued to fall to 484million USD in 2014. Exports to major markets, such as the UnitedStates, Japan and the ASEAN region, as of the end of the year werebleak, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters andProducers (VASEP).
Moreover, in the two major import markets ofthe European Union (EU) and Japan, the value of tuna exports iswitnessing a downward trend. Also, despite having recovered in the lastmonths of 2014, the US market did not record a significant change.
The Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam (Vietnam Economic Times) quoted GeneralSecretary of VASEP Truong Dinh Hoe as saying there were two primaryreasons behind the declining turnover in the industry.
First,demand in some tuna importing countries did not increase in 2013, aschanges in production capacity and resources in 2012 and 2013 concernedthem. As a result, they either did not increase their demand or boughteven less last year. The second reason, Hoe said, was that the countryimported about 50 percent of raw tuna to process every year, butdifficult import procedures limited the same last year.
According to the VASEP General Secretary, Vietnam will continue to see the same situations this year.
Despite difficulties, VASEP still set a target of a 4 to
5 percentincrease in the tuna export turnover in 2015, as compared to that in2014.
This is because it has been projected that the economiesof the main export markets of Vietnam, including Japan, the EU and theUS, will recover this year. In addition, consumption in these markets isexpected to increase in the initial months of the year, which is whyVASEP believes that the export turnover could reach 510 million USD.-VNA
