Shrimp exporters in Mekong Delta face challenges amid Covid-19 epidemic

Workers process shrimp at a factory in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau. — Photo tuoitre.vn Shrimp is a key export item of many provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta, but the Covid-19 epidemic has caused challenges for exporters. In the delta region, Ca Mau and Bac Lieu are the top two provinces in shrimp export volume. According to Bac Lieu Province’s Department of Industry and Trade, the province’s shrimp export revenue in January reached US$62 million, a year-on-year increase of 9 per cent. Ca Mau Province earned $58 million in shrimp exports in January, an increase of 8 per cent over the same period last year, the Ca Mau Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (CASEP) has said. Tran Hoang Em, general secretary of CASEP, said the province had over $1.15 billion last year in shrimp exports. Of the figure, exports to China were worth $102 million last year, accounting for 6-7 per cent of total exports, and nearly $7 million in January. But due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, many Chinese importers have told Vietnamese seafood exporters to suspend deliveries, he said. The Ca Mau Department of Industry and Trade recently visited six… Read full this story

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