VIETNAM S TRADE ISSUES Regional Workshop on Safe International Trade in Aquatic Animals and Aquatic Animal Products Nagaokashi, Niigata, Japan, 2224 July 2015
Trade Issues: VIETNAM 1. In your country what are the aquaculture production volumes for aquatic animals? Total volume: 3.62 million tons / 1.28 million ha Shrimp: 660.000 tons / 680.000 ha Pangasius: 1,2 million tons / 5.500 ha Others: Rest 2. What are the trade volumes of aquatic animals and their products (imports and exports)? Total volume: About 8 billion USD Shrimp: About 4 billion USD Pangasius: 2 billion Other: Rest
Trend of aquatic animal products
SLIDE 2 Trade Issues: VIETNAM 1. Give an example of import health measures for an aquatic animal or product and list the steps (in brief) involved in the development of these conditions. 2. Have commodities been imported based on these conditions?
Trade Issues: VIETNAM Give an example of import health measures for an aquatic animal or product and list the steps (in brief) involved in the development of these conditions. Legal Veterinary Ordinance (now is Veterinary Law) Degree No. 33/2005/ND-CP Circular No. 06/2010/TT-BNNPTNT dated 2/2/2010 stipulating the order of and procedures for quarantining aquatic animals and aquatic products OIE s aquatic animal health code WTO/SPS
Trade Issues: VIETNAM Dossiers for importing aquatic animals or aquatic animal products: An application for registration of quarantine of aquatic animals or aquatic products (commodity owners may plan the import of commodities for 03 months from the date of application) A notarized copy of the business registration certificate (for enterprises). Enterprises are only required to submit this copy for the first time of registration or after changing or adding business lines The form of health certificate or quality certificate of the exporting country (as requested) The permit of a competent aquaculture agency for species on the list of those subject to conditional import or not yet included in the list of ordinary imports The permit of the CITES Management Authority of Vietnam, for aquatic animals and aquatic products of species on the list of endangered, precious and rare species of wild fauna and flora prescribed by Vietnamese law or in CITES appendices The veterinary hygiene certificate for the keeping place for quarantine isolation of breeding aquatic animals (if any) The HACCP certificate or equivalent of the processing facility in the exporting country for aquatic products imported for use as fond or food materials Other documents related to the imported commodities (at the request of the Department of Animal Health of Vietnam for each specific object)
SLIDE 3 Trade Issues: VIETNAM Give an example of export health conditions for an aquatic animal or product that has been problematic to implement and describe steps (in brief) taken to resolve the issue.
Trade Issues: VIETNAM Dossiers for exporting aquatic animals or aquatic animal products: A commodity owner shall make a dossier of declaration to a competent quarantine agency at least 10 or 5 days before export for aquatic animals or aquatic products Dossiers The quarantine declaration paper Other relevant documents specified at Points b, c and d, Clause 2, Article 9 of this circular. A copy of the permit of the competent aquaculture agency for species on the list of aquatic animal species subject to conditional export or banned from export A copy of the CITES Management Authority of Vietnam for aquatic animals and aquatic products of species on the list of endangered, precious and rare wild fauna and flora prescribed by Vietnamese law or in CITES appendices A document on quarantine requirements, issued by a competent authority of the importing country (if any) The form of health certificate as requested by competent authorities of the importing country (if any)
SLIDE 4 Trade Issues: VIETNAM Any other issues to raise?
In March 2013, Brazil sent a team to Vietnam for inspection of aquatic animal health management
Mission s report I. Mandatory measures that need to be complied as requested by MPA 4.3. Item 3, Annex 2 1: The OVS shall present operational contingency plans (also available in English) with general measures for the control or eradication of the following pangasius diseases at hatcheries, nurseries and farms: bacterial infections caused by Edwardsiella spp., Flavobacterium sppv., Aeromonas spp. and Streptococcus spp.
CONTROL OF DISEASES IN VIET NAM Veterinary Ordinance (now is Veterinary Law) Degree No. 33/2005/ND-CP on veterinary Degree No. 36/2014/ND-CP and Circular 23/2014/TT- BNNPTNT regulates Pangasius production and processing Circular No. 17/2014/TT-BNNPTNT dated 20/6/2014 on regulations on prevention and control of aquatic animal diseases (replaced old Circular No. 36 and Circular No. 52) National Programme for Prevention and control of diseases in Pangasius Annual plans for prevention and control of diseases in aquatic animals
DISEASES IN PANGASIUS IN VIETNAM The common diseases in pangasius in Vietnam include: bacterial infections caused by Edwardsiella spp., Aeromonas spp. and Streptococcus spp; have been appearing in almost provinces rearing pangasius in many years. Bacterial infection caused by Edwardsiella spp has been reported since 1998 and become endemic disease (the pathogenic agent distributes widely and occurs in most of the farming provinces)
CHAPTER 4.4. CONTINGENCY PLANNING Article 4.4.1. A number of diseases are regarded as posing a potential threat to aquaculture as well as to wild stocks of aquatic animals world-wide. The introduction of such diseases into countries recognised to be free from these diseases or into countries with an established control system and eradication programme for such diseases, may result in significant losses. In order to diminish such losses, the Competent Authority responsible for aquatic animal health may need to act quickly and should develop contingency plan(s) before such events occur.
27 March 2015, Brazil withdrew their temporal ban on importing Pangasius products from Vietnam
LESSONS LEARNT Comply with the OIE s code Direct communication between veterinary authorities (through OIE s delegates) of the country (import/export)
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