At the Online Conference to deploy solutions to stabilize production, processing and consumption of livestock products organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on the afternoon of October 25, Mr. Director of the Department of Animal Health (MARD) - said that in the first 9 months of 2021, Vietnam exported 3,782 tons of animal products such as cattle and poultry meat (up 23.80% compared to the previous year). for the same period in 2020); 2,342 tons of frozen pork and pork products (up 22.38% over the same period in 2020), of which mainly frozen pork went to Hong Kong; 75 tons of pasteurized beef (canned beef, beef soup...); 23,443 tons of milk and dairy products (up 4% over the same period in 2020);….

In the opposite direction, in the first 8 months of 2021, Vietnam imported 214.4 thousand tons of meat of all kinds, including: 112.7 thousand tons of pork, accounting for 3.6% of total pork output, down 50% compared to 2020; 41.4 thousand tons of bovine meat and 60.3 thousand tons of poultry meat.

Thus, information from some associations that, in the first 8 months of 2021, Vietnam imported more than 681.7 thousand tons of meat of all kinds, including more than 256.8 thousand tons of imported pork is incorrect. .

Imported pork sold at Big C . supermarket

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Long, imported pork in the first 8 months of 2021 only accounts for 3.6% of the domestic production of pork, which cannot affect the sharp decrease in pork prices, a deep drop, especially from May 2021 to present.

The main reason, the price of pork, chicken, etc. has fallen sharply and deeply in recent times is due to the strong outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic on a large scale and for a long time, causing dozens of provinces and big cities to have to implement social distancing in accordance with Directive 16 of the Prime Minister, whereby food service establishments must close, many businesses have to stop operating and many slaughterhouses, meat processing establishments, shops selling food products. meat also has to stop working,...

On the other hand, according to information from enterprises that import pork and chicken, most imported frozen pork and chicken products are for supply to collective kitchens in industrial parks, but due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic on a large scale and for many months, it could not be consumed; imported goods must be stored in warehouses and yards at import ports and cold storage warehouses, causing huge economic losses; Many businesses importing meat products have had to stop operating for many months, cancel many import contracts, lose tens of billions of dong in business, have no money to pay employees' salaries; ...

Regarding this issue, Mr. Phung Duc Tien - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development - said that from June 2021, Vietnam has suspended the import of this product. Regarding the volume of frozen pork imported from other countries into Vietnam in the first 8 months of 2021, only 112.7 thousand tons (down 50% compared to 2020). Since the proportion of imported pork market is only a very small proportion (3.6%) compared to the total pork production in the country, it can be affirmed that imports are not the main cause of low hog prices. last time.

Competitive pressure on prices for livestock products is huge, especially in the context of Vietnam's deep integration with the world market, in the long run, said Mr. Nguyen Quoc Toan - Director of the Department of Processing and Development. agricultural product market development (MARD) - request the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to direct localities to continue implementing synchronously solutions to ensure that livestock production chains are not interrupted; ensure adequate supply of meat, especially cattle, poultry and eggs for domestic consumption and export, paying special attention to ensuring supply in the last months of the year and the Lunar New Year. 2022. At the same time, coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and relevant agencies to organize circulation control, reduce costs and costs of intermediaries, especially for pork and poultry products; promote technical market opening,

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Toan also suggested that the Ministry of Industry and Trade preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to closely monitor the supply and demand, food market prices; actively negotiate and promote trade with countries where Vietnam needs to import large quantities of raw materials for animal feed production in order to have preferential policies on prices, give priority to meet sufficient quantity and ensure quality. At the same time, guide the implementation with localities to soon reopen traditional markets and wholesale markets when ensuring disease safety in order to promptly organize synchronous and effective consumption of the meat supply chain.

The Ministry of Finance accelerates the procedure for submitting to the Government a draft Decree amending and supplementing Decree No. 57/2020/ND-CP of the Government amending and supplementing Decree 122/2012/ND-CP on the export tariff schedule. Import duty, Preferential import tariff, List of goods and absolute tax rates, mixed tax, import tax outside the tariff quota. In particular, there is the content of reducing the import tax (MFN tax) of corn from the current 5% to 3%, wheat from the current 3% to 0% to support the price of input animal feed for livestock production. feed. Consider keeping the tax rate unchanged or delaying the reduction of MFN tax on imported pork....