(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After the 9-day Lunar New Year holiday, many manufacturing enterprises in Vietnam have resumed business almost 100%. Saigon Saigon Aquatic product trading Joint Stock Company (APT CO) said, on the morning of February 8, the first container of red tilapia was exported to the Korean market. Besides, the company received orders from customers in the markets of Australia, UK, Netherlands, Japan...
APT CO: 1 container of red tilapia was exported to Korea on New Year's Day
Mr. Truong Tien Dung, General Director of Saigon Aquatic product trading Joint Stock Company (APT CO) said that since February 5, the company has organized production, the workforce has reached 90% today.
According to Mr. Dung, for the domestic market from the 5th February, the company has received wholesale and retail orders from retail systems.
Regarding exports, on the morning of February 8, the first container of red tilapia was exported to the Korean market. Besides, the company received orders from customers in the markets of Australia, UK, Netherlands, Japan... The situation of production and business activities at the beginning of the year was basically favorable and prospered.
"Influenced by the COVID-19 epidemic, production and export activities of enterprises (DN) are relatively difficult in early 2021. Compared to the same period of production and business in early 2022, we realize the atmosphere of the market and demand. Customer demand is more positive.In February, APT received an order for 10 containers of goods, each container tens of thousands of dollars,” said Mr. Dung.
According to Mr. Dung, besides the signs of improvement, due to the impact of the 4th epidemic, businesses still face some difficulties such as the packaging of some units has not yet been delivered, the price increased by 15-20% depending on the type.
Raw materials for some goods exported to the Korean and EU markets are scarce... Shipping costs are still high, for example, in the US market, the fee has increased 10 times, but businesses cannot order containers.
For business activities at the beginning of the year, in general, all information at the beginning of the year is very positive. Compared to the same period last year, orders increased by 20%-30%.
According to a representative of Saigon Food, if last year at this time, businesses were still worried about how the COVID-19 epidemic would develop, this year is thinking about how to quickly return to work. Besides, the psychology of employees is quite good due to receiving good news from both the world and the country about the perception of COVID-19 as an endemic disease.