July 27, 2011

EU issues seafood export licenses to 380 Vietnam firms

The EU has officially certified 380 Vietnamese seafood firms to export their products to the European market, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP).

The new list of certified exporters will come into effect on July 27, according to Tran Bich Nga, deputy director of the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD).

Nga added that, the NAFIQAD would assist enterprises in following European Commission regulations on exporting to the EU market.

The EU is currently Vietnam's largest seafood importer, consuming roughly 30% of the country's entire seafood volume.

During the first half of this year, the Southeast country earned US$634 million from the EU market, up 21.7% over the same period last year.