Pangasius- Viet Nam - fairy tale of an unknown species
With the annual volume of live fish harvested in 2006 having reached 825 000 tonnes and an exported volume of frozen fillets and processed products of 286 600 tonnes valued at US＄ 737 million, Viet Nams farmers, processors and exporters have made Pangasius the second most important freshwater fish species in the world market, after tilapia. This report presents the wonderful development of the farming, processing and export of this fish during the past five years in Viet Nam. This fast upward trend has been kept in the first quarter of 2007, the export of Pangasius from Viet Nam in the first three months of 2007 reaching 80 851 tonnes valued at US＄ 206 million, sustaining its high growth rates of 43.7 percent in terms of volume and 55.9 percent in terms of value as compared to the same period last year. Overcoming many technical and trade barriers in the United States and European Union markets, Vietnamese Pangasius has achieved a high position in the world and has become a bright phenomenon of the global aquaculture and seafood trade. This report analyses the production and market structure of Pangasius exported from Viet Nam during last year, and also highlights the main obstacles, challenges, opportunities and future development trends of sustainable production and trade of Pangasius of Viet Nam. It also presents outlines of VietGAP-a newly-developed, comprehensive standard for Pangasius production that is designed to be equivalent with EurepGAP and ACC standards.
Nguyen Huu Dzung
General Secretary Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers
国际会议
青岛
英文
63-65
2007-05-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）