10/08/2014
On 05/8/2014, inQuy Nhon city, Binh Dinh Fishery Joint Stock Company and Hitoshi General Office Co.Ltd (Kato Office) signed a contract of trading ocean tuna toJapanese market with the participation of Chief of the General Department-NationalPresident Office, Deputy of Binh Dinh Provincial People’s Committee andrepresentative of relevant sectors.
Picture:Representatives of BIDIFISCO and Kato Officesigned the business contract
It is the result of a long cooperative process of departments in Binh Dinhprovince and the Japanese partner andsupport of Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association in Sakai (Japan).
According to the agreement, Kato Office is the legal representative of BIDIFISCO in Japan to bring ocean tuna to the auction centresand seafood stall chain of Kato Office’s partners there. BIDIFISCO takesresponsibility of consuming tune caught in line with Japanese technology withprice 20% higher than market.
Before that, in order to boost ocean tuna catching in Binh Dinh, based onthe cooperation relationshop between Binh Dinh province and Vietnam-JapanFriendship Association in Sakai, two parties agreed upon supporting theconstruction and started a pilot model of catching, procuring and exportingtuna to Japan. In order to implement this project, at the beginning of January2014, Binh Dinh PPC sent two officers to Japan for training on catching andpreservation technology under the guidance of Kato office’s specialist.
The PPC assisted setting up a new model and procuring 05 sets of mainequipment (costing VND 1.3 billion) for 05 pilot fishing boats. In addition,these boats also got support for upgrading storage system with the expense ofVND 150 million.
According to the report of Department of Agriculture and Rural Development,the pilot model has made two trips, the first trip was in June to July 2014 andthe second trip started in July and returned on 5th August.
On 5th August, 03 out of 05 fishing boats with the pilot modelreturned Quy Nhon port on schedule with 54 tunas. It was the end of the tunaseason of the year, so the output was lower then before.
Under examination of Japanese specialists, 09 tuna satisfying the qualitycriteria with toal weight of 448kg was packed and on the afternoon of 6thAugust, the first tuna package was transported to Japan by air and on themorning of 8th August, it is sold in Japan’s market.
Once Binh Dinh’s tuna is accepted in Japan’s market, it is definitely a delightfulsign for Binh Dinh province itself and the whole nation in general.