Vietnam pangasius producers and exporters continues to face hardship

For the year to June, pangasius farming was affected by high feed cost, decreased price and lower import from major markets (the U.S., EU). The pangasius farming area in the Mekong Delta decreased of 6.1 percent to 3,500 hectares

.Recently, in the ninth antidumping duty administrative review, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) decided to raise the tax rate imposed on frozen pangasius fillets imported from Vietnam to US$1.20 per kilogram instead of the previous rate of US$0.42 per kilogram. This added further burden to Vietnamese fish producers and exporters.