Vietnam’s Industrial Chicken Breeding Up 50%
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Minh, the Vice Director of the Livestock Department of Hanoi’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department, the price of poultry breeding has been fluctuating in the market in recent days. In Vietnam, industrial chicken breeding prices have been entirely reliant on two foreign countries, Thailand and Indonesia, who hold almost 100% market share of the whole country. In a statement by industry experts, the cost of breeding production has just reached VND 8,000-12,000 per a chick, and suppliers have profited 30-40% from them. The chicken breeding prices have increased by 50% in October, a contrast from a dormant August and this has led to high profit margins for companies but a disadvantage to local farmers.
Vietnam’s Plan to Develop Animal Genetics Set through 2020 with Future Plans for 2030
The National Research Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) has recently organized a conference to determine potential developments in research and breeding that will produce optimal genes to produce the highest quality animals.
According to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development, Mr. Vu Van Tam, the aim of the breeding industry is to always strive to update the ideal genes involved in hybridization along with increase the access that local farmers have to this knowledge of progressive breeding.
Source from: http://nongnghiep.vn/nongnghiepvn/72/45/45/116796/Giong-tot-tien-de-de-chan-nuoi-phat-trien.aspx
Mitsui to participate in Vietnam shrimp processing company
Mitsui & Co Ltd. has reached an agreement with the Minh Phu Seafood Joint Stock Company to participate in the management of Minh Phu Hau Giang Limited Liability Company, largely known for shrimp processing and exportation. According to the agreement, Mitsui will take a 31% stake in Minh Phu Hau Giang, which is currently the largest vertically-integrated Vietnamese shrimp processing and exportation company with operations across the full aquaculture process from post-larvae rearing, shrimp farming, to processing and sales & exports. Their export volume accounts for roughly 15% of Vietnam’s total exports, shipping their products to the US, Europe, Japan, Korea, Canada and Australia.
Source: http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?l=e&country=0&special=&monthyear=&day=&id=64267&ndb=1&df=0
Raw Material Imports reach 9th on the Top 10 List of Goods Imported into Vietnam for 2013.
According to Vietnam’s Customs Office, feed and raw materials have reached USD 2.55 billion in value between January 1st to October 15th of this year, an increase of USD 688 million from the same time last year. This is a 37% growth from 2012 and has placed feed and raw materials in the top 10 of imported goods for the year.
source: http://www.thoibaonganhang.vn/tin-tuc/5-10-nhom-hang-hoa-nhap-khau-lon-nhat-tinh-den-15-10-13347.html
Quang Minh Corporatation imported 500000 ton corn
Quang Minh Corporation is one of big feed mills, that headquarter is in Hung Yen, the north of Vietnam. Quang Minh Corporation just was imported 500,000 ton of corn, that’s the original in Brazil by Vitol multination Group. That volume will be storable to utilize in the feed mill in 2014. Each year, Vietnam has been importing 1.8 million ton of corn from India. Quang Minh Corporation is forwarding to be high quality of the raw material to feed mills in Vietnam.
source: http://qmcgroup.vn/index.php?route=news/news&news_id=858
The Vietnam feed market situation
According to Deputy Chairman of Vietnam Association animal feed, Mr. Pham Duc Binh said, the prices of commercial feed will reduce 5% in at the end October and November. Because, the prices of two main raw materials, which corn and soybeans were reducing strongly in the domestic market. In fact, in the second week of October, the price of soybean reduced 21.4%, which recorded 11,000 VND/ kg; the price of corn reduced 21.8%, which recorded 6,325 VND/ kg compared to with July. Recently, a lot of feed mills massively imported corn to be storable from India, Argentina, Brazil, the U.S. and Cambodia. Purchasing Manager of the Japfa Vietnam Company Ltd, Mr. Mai Van Chung : “Japfa imported 80,000 tons of corn from Argentina, that amount will be a storage to use till the first quarter of 2014 “. Mr. Chung also emphasize, “the Vietnam feed mills prefer importing corn in the foreign market to buying in the domestic market that has been recording high price and low quality.
source: http://www.hoinongdanhungyen.org.vn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4378:gia-thc-n-chn-nuoi-s-gim&catid=62:thong-tin-th-trng&Itemid=93
or http://vgivietnam.vn/news/duoc-mua-van-nhap-khau-ngo-o-at_5_28401/
Vietnam’s breed pig may be scarcity in the next last month of year
In the two weeks of October, the price of live pig and the price of pig breeding increased strongly in the South of Vietnam, this is highest price compared to last two years ago. According to Chairman of the province’s association of livestock Nguyen Tri Cong said that in October the live pig that’s good had bought around VND47,000-48,000/kg, up VND2,000/kg compared to in September. The price of breeding pig reached VND720, 000-730,000/pig (7-8kg) and VND1, 100,000-1,500,000/pig (15-20kg), there are VND150,000-200,000/kg increase in price compared to last month.
source: http://www.thesaigontimes.vn/Home/nongsan/cho-sieuthi/104122/Heo-hoi-tang-gia-heo-giong-%E2%80%9Csot%E2%80%9D-hang.html
Whiteleg shrimp export to reach USD1.2 billion in 2013
Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said whiteleg shrimp exports are to increase USD880 million in the mid-September and estimates to reach USD1.2 billion.
In the nine months of 2013, the value of whiteleg shrimp exports is estimated to be 47.1% of the total value of shrimp exports for Vietnam. It’s higher than black tiger shrimp that accounted for 45.9% of the total exports. The whiteleg shrimp exports increased 79.6%; the black tiger shrimp have been flat only increasing 2.14% compared to the same period in 2012.
According to Portal Directorate of Fisheries the area of shrimp farms accounted for 628,724 ha in 22 provinces. The area of black tiger shrimp farms was 581,441 ha and 47,283ha for whiteleg shrimp. The total of shrimp production is 258,782 tonnes 116.4% of last years figure.
According to General Department of Vietnam Customs, the export of whiteleg shrimp o markets have increased, for example, Japan increased imports from 31.6% to 42.7% compared to the same period last year, USA from 37%- 66.3%, EU from 45.7% to 53% and China from 11.4% to 19% in the eight months 2013.
source: http://gafin.vn/20131016075926194p39c45/xuat-khau-tom-chan-trang-2013-se-dat-ky-luc-tren-12-ty-usd.htm
Pig prices continue to increase
In the two weeks of October, the price of live pigs and the price of breeding pigs have increased strongly in the South of Vietnam the highest prices for the last two years
According to Chairman of the province’s association of livestock Nguyen Tri Cong said that in October quality live pigs had bought around VND47,000-48,000/kg, up VND2,000/kg compared to September.
The price of breeding pigs reached VND720, 000-730,000/pig (7-8kg) and VND1, 100,000-1,500,000/pig (15-20kg) an increase VND150,000-200,000/kg increase in price compared to last month.
source: http://www.thesaigontimes.vn/Home/nongsan/cho-sieuthi/104122/Heo-hoi-tang-gia-heo-giong-%E2%80%9Csot%E2%80%9D-hang.html
Yili Group Tongchuan dairy farming projects steadily moving forward
On October 24, 2013, the Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary joined officials from the city’s Bureau of Animal Husbandry, Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Station as well as the city’s Commerce and Industry Bureau to conduct an official inspection of the Yili Group Tongchuan dairy farming project’s progress.
This construction project, by the Yili Group, spans ten thousand dairy breeding bases and is Tongchuan city’s top ten transformation projects. The project is funded by the Inner Mongolia-based Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd., and managed by the Tongchuan Yili Livestock Development Co., Ltd. Located in Yaozhou city’s Bushouyuan modern agricultural park, total investment for the project is set at 400 million RMB divided into two phases. The first of these phases will account for 200 million RMB, of which 120 million RMB is designated for infrastructure construction and 80 million RMB to develop the facilities required in order to introduce breeding cows, including 4000 purebred Australian Holstein cows, to the base. This includes the construction of production and living areas, storage areas for forage processing, a waste sewage treatment area and other modern facilities for the breeding cows.
In order to assess the project’s successful progress, the inspection team leaders have thoroughly evaluated key facilities of the project including the dairy building, guard room, boiler room, silage silo, machinery libraries, equipment rooms, fine material libraries, hayloft, milking parlor, barn, oxidation Tong and roads, as well as milking equipment, feeding systems, water supply units, firefighting equipment and other process equipment purchases.
The inspection teams believe that this project will contribute a lot to the city’s industrial development, comprehensively promote the dairy production of the city to new heights, and hope that the relevant departments and units can continue to work together in order to guarantee the project’s implementation.
