HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese businesses which have never exported Siluriformes fish (catfish) products to the United States have been asked to temporarily stop registering exports to that country. Under the bill, Vietnamese tra fish exports and many other Siluriformes fish products have had to struggle with the USDA’s final inspection rule. During the 18-month transitional implementation period, FSIS will only allow those Vietnamese businesses which previously exported Silurifomes fish products to this market. Tra fish export value downTra fish export value this year was expected to drop by 4 per cent compared to US$1.6 billion last year due to declining demand, according to the Ministry of Finance’s National Institute for Finance. Lan Chi expects tra fish sales would not fetch VNĐ23,000 per kilo by the end of the year so the shortage of tra fish for processing would remain until next year and the farmers would not actively expand their investment to tra fish breeding.

Source: Viet Nam News September 16, 2016 01:52 UTC