Shrimp industry needs solutions to achieve export target this year

The shrimp industry needs comprehensive solutions from production of breeding shrimp to processing to achieve this year's 4.3-billion-USD shrimp export target.

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The shrimp industry needs comprehensive solutions from production of breeding shrimp to processing to achieve this year's 4.3-billion-USD shrimp export target.

In the beginning of June, shrimp selling prices plummeted by about 40% compared to April. Meanwhile, the cost of shrimp seed and feed increased. Those factors have caused shrimp farmers in the Mekong Delta to suffer heavy losses.

In the farming ponds of farmers in the coastal provinces of Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, Ben Tre, Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau and Kien Giang, the selling price of shrimp fell from 150,000 VND per kilo in April to 95,000 VND in the beginning of June. The price of white-leg shrimp is now at 65,000-75,000 VND per kilo, down 38% compared to two months ago.

According to the Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the decline in selling prices of raw shrimp is due to the plunge in exports. Export orders in the shrimp industry have decreased by 20-50% and inventories have increased. Those factors have forced shrimp processing enterprises to reduce the purchase of raw shrimp.

Shrimp exports in the first five months of 2023 only reached 1.22 billion USD, down 34.4% over the same period last year. The purchasing power of shrimp in the two main markets, the EU and the US, fell sharply due to high inflation. China reopened from January, but the shrimp exports to this market still decreased by 40% compared to the same period in 2022.

Localities with large shrimp farming areas, such as Ca Mau, Bac Lieu and Soc Trang, have recently seen many factors to make farmers not re-farm shrimp, including the decrease of the shrimp selling prices, prolonged unfavourable weather conditions, diseases in shrimp farms and high production costs.

Vo Quan Huy, chairman of My Thanh Shrimp Association in Soc Trang, told nhadautu.vn that shrimp farmers are currently facing difficulties because input costs, especially the price of shrimp feed, have increased very quickly, but the selling prices of raw shrimp have fallen. That situation has caused farmers to have losses and lack capital to farm shrimp again.

Vo Van Phuc, general director of Vietnam Organic Seafood Joint Stock Company, said that while the selling price of shrimp is falling sharply, input costs such as the price of feed, seed and other materials have continuously increased to 70,000-100,000 VND per kilo. Transport costs are also high due to poor infrastructure.

According to Huy, to remove the difficulties for the shrimp industry, besides the efforts of shrimp farmers, the State needs to have supportive measures in technology application and digital transformation, and increase credit capital for re-production.

There are many establishments supplying shrimp seed, but the quality is not uniform. Therefore, management agencies need to develop standards for shrimp seed suppliers and the suppliers must provide transparent information on the quality of seed, Huy said.

Ho Quoc Luc, chairman of Sao Ta Food Joint Stock Company and former VASEP chairman, said that the most difficult thing in the shrimp industry now is the low selling price and the high production cost of shrimp.

Enterprises now must reduce costs, improve processing levels, persify products, increase product quality and seek new markets.

Large-scale shrimp farming areas supply only about 10% of the total annual shrimp production, while 90% of total production is supplied by household farmers with small-scale production. Therefore, farmers need support in terms of capital, infrastructure, seed and market information, Luc said.

He also said that stopping the production of seed due to the losses of shrimp farmers will create negative impacts in the shrimp industry's supply chain.

Nguyen Van Truong, chairman and general director of Cafatex Seafood Export Joint Stock Company, said this situation may lead to processing factories lacking raw materials when Vietnam’s seafood export market recovers.

The General Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that to achieve the target of shrimp export turnover of 4.3 billion USD in 2023, the agricultural sector has set a target of cultivating about 750,000 hectares of brackish water shrimp with an output of more than one million tonnes. However, the progress of stocking shrimp has been slower than planned due to market difficulties and unpredictable shrimp prices.

To promote shrimp exports by year end, it is necessary to have measures to stabilise the input prices for shrimp farming, according to experts.

In addition, it is necessary to promulgate mechanisms and policies, especially on capital support, to form regions producing raw materials for processing shrimp feed, which would reduce dependence on imported raw materials.

According to Kim Thu, VASEP's shrimp market expert, the US is still the largest importer of Vietnamese shrimp. Meanwhile, Japan surpassed China to reach the second position with nearly 150 million USD of Vietnamese shrimp import value in the first four months of the year, followed by China and the Republic of Korea importing over 100 million USD of Vietnamese shrimp each.

Northwest European countries also increased their demand for shrimp imports. To stand firm in the European market, shrimp enterprises need to meet its strict requirements on food safety. The EU is Vietnam’s fourth largest shrimp importer, accounting for about 14%.

Shrimp is Vietnam’s main export seafood product with annual export turnover accounting for over 40% of the national total seafood export turnover. Vietnam has exported shrimp to 100 countries, including the five largest markets of the US, Japan, China, the EU and the RoK./.

Source: VNA
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