VN unaffected by China shrimp ban
China's temporary halt on importing Vietnamese shrimp following the discovery of an infectious virus in some batches will not significantly affect exports, an official from the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has said.
Truong Dinh Hoe, the general secretary of VASEP, said that the items banned were fresh shrimp, and the trade of processed shrimp is unaffected. The banned type has been exported in small volumes, so China’s pause in imports will not have much affect on Viet Nam’s total processing volume for exports. Nguyen Nhu Tiep, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s National Agro Forestry Fisheries Quality Assurance Department director, said China stopped importing Vietnamese shrimp after an infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus was uncovered.
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