Vietnam seeks to boost livestock product exports
According to Pham Van Dong, Director of the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the export of livestock products remains very modest compared to the development potential due to the low quality of slaughterhouses and livestock farms and risk of disease.
“Animal husbandry in Vietnam is characterised by small-scale, scattered farms. Areas where there is a high animal husbandry density always face a high risk of disease, affecting the export of livestock products,” Dong told a seminar held in Hanoi this week.
The total number of pigs slaughtered in 2016 reached over 29 million, an increase of 1.3 million compared with 2015. The figure for poultry was over 360 million, up 20 million compared to 2015, according to statistics from MARD.
Vietnam has been exporting frozen suckling pigs to Hong Kong and Malaysia. The whole country has six slaughterhouses supplying pork for export to Hong Kong and two providing pork to Malaysia.
In 2016, the output of exported pork totaled 11,000 tonnes, worth nearly US$100 million. In the first five months of 2017, the figure was 10,600 tonnes, worth nearly US$46 million.
Regarding poultry, neither live chicken nor processed chicken has been exported, Dong said, adding that at present, there are only two companies that have registered to export heat-processed chicken products to Japan, namely Koyu & Unitek Co Ltd and C.P. Vietnam Livestock Breeding JSC.
Concerning poultry eggs, there are currently five establishments producing and exporting eggs, including salted duck eggs and canned quail eggs, to Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan.
Nguyen Duc Hoang, chairman of Thang Loi Co Ltd, specialised in processing and exporting pork, said at the event that some of their partners from Singapore, Taiwan and the Republic of Korea had expressed their wish to import Vietnam’s processed suckling pork but at the end they change their mind because Vietnamese products fail to meet their requirements on production line and safety hygiene.
In order to boost livestock product export, the livestock industry should focus on improving the quality of the production line at all stages, rather than the quantity or the prices of pork. The two most important focuses should be conditions at the production facilities and animal health, Hoang said.
MARD’s Department of Animal Health reported that it had approved pilot schemes for the establishment of disease-free areas in the northern provinces of Thai Binh and Nam Dinh. However, the project has been delayed.
Hoang Thi To Nga, deputy director of Nam Dinh Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said Nam Dinh faced many difficulties in capital mobilisation for the project. "To date, only two communes in Nam Dinh have been recognised as disease-free areas,” Nga said.
Hoang said the State should set up disease-free areas as neither localities nor businesses have enough resources to do so. In the long term, the establishment of disease-free areas for pig and poultry breeding is necessary to increase exports, he added.
Dong said livestock breeders should study and develop self-controlled production chains, which strictly control all stages of production from breeding to slaughter to fulfil requirements of importing countries.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam said Vietnam’s livestock industry should be restructured in a sustainable and competitive manner, adding that a shift from small-scale household breeding to large-scale farming will enable farmers to supply products that meet export requirements.
Large-scale animal farms typically use advanced technology helping them meet importers’ requirements on techniques, quality and hygiene, he said.
He suggested local companies invest in modern facilities to produce and store processed products for export. MARD will propose that the Government provide credits for businesses to expand export markets, he said.
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