Con Dao Seaproducts and Import Export Joint Stock Company (Coimex) announced that export revenue in eleven months of 2011 has exceeded the yearly target by US$2 million. In the last month of the year, Coimex aims to export more than 1,500 MT of surimi and seafood, gaining US$3 million
From January to November 2011, Coimex exported 19 thousand MT of finished products, equal to US$40 million, up 30 percent from the same period last year. The EU was the largest market of Coimex with a proportion of 70 percent.
Currently, Coimex’s seafood products are traded in markets with strict food safety requirements like Japan, France, the U.S., Spain, South Korea, and Australia…
According to Le Van Khang, Coimex’s Chairman and General Director, the company gained a good result in surimi export thank to its high demand in international markets. In addition, the company could assure raw materials for processing as it established a chain of purchasing agents across provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Quang Binh, Binh Thuan, Kien Giang and Ca Mau.
In the period of high off-shore fishing costs such as fuel, Coimex is still keeping high and stable purchasing offers and respecting payment deadline to help fishermen remain their business.