Up to now, the country’s shrimp farming area has reached more than 740,000 hectares, with an output of over 900,000 tons/year. Particularly, the output of black tiger shrimp reached over 250,000 tons, ranking first in the world.
Following Vietnam’s shrimp export growth in the first quarter of over $900 million, up 37% over the same period last year, it is expected that in April, shrimp exports will continue to increase by 20% over the same period last year. Markets in Europe and the US are preparing food supplies for consumers during the summer holidays.
According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, shrimp exports will continue to increase because April is the time when most students and students have many field trips and importers will also prepare their sources. stockpiles for the fall.
Following the growth of shrimp exports in the first quarter of Vietnam, reaching more than 900 million USD, up 37% over the same period last year.
Up to now, the country’s shrimp farming area has reached more than 740,000 hectares, with an output of over 900,000 tons/year. Particularly, the output of black tiger shrimp reached over 250,000 tons, ranking first in the world. Although shrimp farming areas only increased by about 1.5% per year, shrimp production increased sharply by 10% per year. This factor demonstrates the continuous improvement of the farming process, with higher productivity than before.
According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien, the market’s rebound after the Covid-19 epidemic along with good production capacity will help Vietnamese shrimp products continue to affirm their position in importing countries. exports in the near future.
“We are implementing 16 new-generation Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) which is a favorable environment to improve production organization, must ensure traceability, ensure the process from seed, nutritional food, veterinary medicine for disease prevention, biosecurity to harvesting, preliminary processing and processing” – Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien emphasized.
