The Directorate of Fisheries of Vietnam forecasts a shortage of raw materials for export basa processing in the first quarter of 2022 due to the impact of COVID-19.
Như Văn Cẩn, head of the directorate’s Aquaculture Department, said the area of farming basa in the third quarter of 2021 decreased by about 30-55 per cent on year because aquaculture activities were suspended in many Mekong Delta provinces due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
With a sharp reduction in the farming area, the industry is likely to lack raw materials for export processing in the first quarter of 2022, according to Cẩn.
Therefore, after the Government’s Resolution 128/NQ-CP on temporary regulations for safe, flexible adaptation to and effective control of COVID-19, basa farming activities have been enhanced to meet demand at processing plants which have restored their operation.
“Basa producers have proposed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and those localities to create favourable conditions for them to expand the basa farming area,” said Trần Văn Hùng, chairman of the Hùng Cá Company.
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