Parallel to the proactive production of raw materials in place and importing for production - export, Vietnam seafood is actively asserting and maintaining its position in the international arena. With the strength of processing - exporting, Vietnam has maintained the growth rate of seafood export turnover at 10% -20% / year. Thanks to that, seafood ranked 5th in export turnover nationwide.
Vietnam strengthens its leading position in the world seafood market
The seafood processing industry for export has made great contributions to the socio-economy of Vietnam: creating jobs, directly contributing to macroeconomic stability, shortening the trade deficit gap through imports. raw materials for processing - export. With the target that by 2020, Vietnam will export seafood with 10 billion USD, corresponding to the fact that we have to import about 2-2.2 billion USD to be enough for processing - exporting.
Vietnam is the destination of many seafood importers in the world because it has created a reputation for product quality, with the advantage of processing technology and skilled labor, far more than other countries in the region. and around the world. To overcome the shortage of raw materials for processing and export (30-40% shortage) and to meet the needs of customers from markets, seafood processing and exporting enterprises have decided: In addition to domestic raw materials, will increase the amount of imported seafood materials for processing, processing, and export, boosting Vietnam's seafood export turnover, creating stable jobs for workers and exploiting. domestic processing capacity.
In the period 2010-2015, the output and import value of aquatic raw materials increased sharply, from 325 million USD (2010) to 1.06 billion USD (2015). Imported raw materials used for processing, processing, and export have contributed 7-14% of Vietnam's seafood export value. According to economic experts, this trend will continue to increase to effectively address economic, social goals and competitive advantage in processing. Import value can reach 1.1 billion USD (in 2016), contributing to 7 billion USD of seafood export. It must be affirmed that the source of raw materials imported for processing - export is a part that seafood enterprises buy and serve for the purpose of export turnover growth.
In addition, the import - processing - export activities have created regular jobs for local workers, basically solving the dependence on "season" of the fisheries sector, as well as the shortage. domestic raw materials. Import is also one of the solutions for businesses, especially when there are many orders at the time when the local seafood harvest has not yet arrived; at the same time, well solving other issues such as size, price, quality ... to help businesses easily meet the requirements of orders, take advantage of the factory's production capacity and equipment.
Therefore, importing raw materials for processing and exporting is a practical activity, an inevitable trend not only in Vietnam but also in many other exporting countries in the world. For this activity to take place smoothly, Vietnam will continue to find measures to remove problems related to issues such as: announcement of regulation conformity; regulations on product labeling and supplementary labeling on the packaging of imported raw materials; priority issue of quarantine immunity ...
Giang Huong - tongcucthuysan.gov.vn
