Remove difficulties to restore processing and export of agricultural and aquatic products

Remove difficulties to restore processing and export of agricultural and aquatic products
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On the morning of September 17, at the Hanoi bridge point, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Le Minh Hoan chaired an online conference with relevant units under the Ministry and Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Southern provinces and cities, associations, related industries, processing and exporting enterprises to discuss solutions to remove difficulties, restore processing and export of agricultural and aquatic products after the distance according to regulations. Directive 16/CT-TTg in the Southern region. Attending and chairing at the bridge point of Soc Trang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development were Mr. Lam Van Man - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and the Board of Directors of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and related units under the Department.
Processing and exporting seafood in the Southern region accounts for 70-75% of the national turnover. However, the field of processing and export is a field that has encountered difficulties and suffered heavy injuries after 2 months of social distancing to fight the epidemic. Accordingly, by the end of July 2021, 120/449 facilities stopped production (27.6%), by the beginning of September 2021, there were 176/449 facilities stopped production (39.2%) due to non-productivity. meet the cost burden and condition 3 in place. At the same time, due to the lack of workers and the division of shifts to prevent epidemics, the total capacity is only about 30-40% compared to the beginning of July 2021 before the whole region was closed. Currently, there are 31 seafood processing and exporting enterprises with Covid-19 cases. Thereby, seafood exports fell sharply in the second half of July and in August decreased by 36% over the same period. Particularly in Soc Trang province, seafood processing and export factories are still operating, but due to the negative impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, shrimp prices have decreased from 1,000 to 15,000 VND/kg over the same period; seafood export in 9 months of the province reached 740 million USD, accounting for nearly 78% of the total turnover, up 24% over the same period.

View of the online conference at the bridge point of Soc Trang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Photo: THUY LUO

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan said: “Agriculture is an interlaced, interwoven system that affects a lot and influences a lot and is caused by many new components to create an agricultural product and product. products to the market, local leaders should pay attention to this issue… Accordingly, Mr. Le Minh Hoan suggested leaders of the Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development of the southern provinces in the plan to restore agricultural production after the pandemic. The translation must include the following contents: reorganizing production, encouraging people to put people into production in cooperative groups and cooperatives, and standardizing growing areas and farming areas for agricultural and fishery products, and promoting the improvement of agricultural production. quality of agricultural products, recommending farmers to reduce input costs by applying science and technology, safe production and food hygiene. Particularly for businesses, in this time, businesses should review their management, how to save production costs...

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