Nigico mainly processes and exports marine fish, especially shrimp, squid and octopus to Europe, which together accounts for 30-40 percent of the company’s total export value. Up to now, Nigico’s seafood export value to Europe amounted to more than US$3 million. It expects by the end of 2009 to earn around US$5 million from exporting more than 800MT of seafood to this block.Mr. Bui Quang Son, Nigico’s Chief of Quality Inspection Department, said the company is facing difficulties when some customers in Portugal and Spain are delaying their orders to wait and see how do Viet Nam seafood companies comply with EC’s IUU regulation.Currently, 60 percent of Nigico’s seafood volume is bought from fishing vessels of more than 90HP, the rest 40 percent is from small boats. As a result, it is very difficult to have origin certificates. Nigico is asking competent state agencies for supports to deal with such difficulties.
NIGICO
Mr.Satoru Fukuda – General Director
Add: Hamlet5, Ho Phong Town, Gia Rai District, Bac Lieu Province
Tel: +84 781 3851160
Fax: +84 781 3850864
Email: ueli@nigico.vn
Web: www.nigico.com.vn
(VietFishNews)