Cà Mau is working hard to support local enterprises to realise the target of US$1.2 billion in export turnover set for this year amid the unexpected developments of the novel coronavirus.
The provincial People’s Committee
will take drastic measures to improve the investment and business environment,
and push ahead with a project on enhancing the efficiency and sustainable
development of the shrimp industry to 2025.
Incentives will be made to encourage the application of advanced techniques in
farming and aquaculture, and clean technologies in processing, in order to
improve the output and quality of products.
During a recent meeting, Chairman of
the People’s Committee Nguyễn Tiến Hải asked relevant departments and
sectors of the locality to keep a close watch on the situation in order to keep
local enterprises updated, thus helping them proactively prepare production and
processing plans. Local enterprises would also benefit from preferential
policies on capital and interest rates, he said.
According to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade, the
newly-ratified European Union-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA)
would help Việt Nam expand shrimp shipments to European markets.
Export enterprises in Cà Mau should strive to fully tap opportunities
brought about by the agreement to increase the export turnover of shrimp and
other key products, it said.
Local firms generated an estimated $60 million from exports in January, 2020, up 7 per cent year-on-year. Their main export markets were the US, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Australia, China, and European nations.
In 2019, overseas shipments earned the firms nearly $1.2 billion, 4 per cent than previous year.
VNS
