Solution unfreeze agricultural markets, seafood Vietnam

Solution unfreeze agricultural markets, seafood Vietnam
To address exports of agricultural and aquatic products dropped significantly in the first months of this year, many solutions are designed to overcome and widening export market of agricultural products, seafood. One solution is said to be effective is to strengthen innovation promotion.

In the first months of this year, the picture of the country exporting quite bleak, shown in exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery decreased by 5.1%. The commodity exports such as seafood, rice, coffee, fell over the same period last year, in which coffee is the biggest drop with 38.3% reduction.

The cause of this situation is because the supply of abundant exporting countries, leading to fierce competition in the market, especially rice and shrimp from Thailand subject to competition, India; Crude oil prices dipped following retention policy value its currency to boost exports of many countries; protectionist tendencies of the rising water ...
Nguyen Hoai Nam, Deputy General Secretary of the Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors Vietnam, one of the difficulties of today's enterprise is the market share information from authorities with longer-term business institutions, enterprises have to search for information, market, can hardly compete with many other countries around the world. Furthermore, trade promotion activities for fishery products shrinking while competing countries changing strategic trade promotion and investment in trade promotion activities is growing.
Nguyen Hoai Nam wishes, next time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade have more sustainable solutions, promote trade more formal. When negotiating a free trade agreement with the partners, should prioritize the rights of groups requiring agricultural and fisheries.

The association also said that in the context of difficult market, trade promotion activities are considered effective solutions to support enterprise market development. However, current funding for trade promotion activities are limited. Trade promotion does not progress, even lower than in other countries.

In addition, the protectionist tendencies of the importing countries increase, namely trade barriers and technical, the anti-dumping lawsuits, anti-subsidy to agricultural and forestry products increasingly complex place, as well as the reasons leading to reduced exports.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Vinh, General Secretary of the coffee, cocoa Vietnam said, 2014 -2015 coffee crop harvested with yields down 20% over the previous year. Coffee prices so low that farmers and exporters are not interested in selling out, only to wait in line to hold the price above 40 million / ton for Robusta new bucket sold. To remove difficulties for enterprises, Nguyen Viet Vinh said that the need to reduce administrative procedures unnecessary. Specifically, the reduction in quarantine procedures commodity. Coffee with countries that do not require quarantine also should not be to increase the cost and procedures for business troubles.

Vinh said, should strengthen market access of agricultural products while facing many difficulties, especially in collaboration with countries exporting agricultural products, including coffee to coffee prices and help working Export is cleared.

Before the difficulty of exporting agricultural products, seafood current and prior recommendations of associations and enterprises, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh said, the future, the Ministry will direct the business and the body Vietnam's representative agencies overseas business support, market development assistance, especially the key markets of Vietnam. Simultaneously, the Ministry will actively collaborate with the Association, industry to share information and help businesses and policymakers business strategy.

Deputy Minister Tran Tuan Anh stressed, to export agricultural products, fisheries and sustainable stability, in addition to strengthening and renewal of trade promotion, it is imperative that the link between producers and businesses in creating the products are of good quality, enhance the competitiveness of products. Enterprises should actively seek out information and trade promotion, take advantage of market opportunities as well as measures related to the negotiations in order to expand and removing market barriers, contributing to market breakthrough Vietnam agricultural exports. /.