The NTACO Joint Stock Company (NTACO) has received the Global Good Agriculture Practice (GAP) certificate, becoming the second seafood business and the first tra fish company in Vietnam to be awarded the certificate.
According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the Global GAP certificate was granted by the Dutch food standards agency, the CUC, to the company’s 30-ha farm in My Thoi Ward, Long Xuyen City in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.
With this certificate, the value of NTACO’s products is expected to increase by over 15 percent and the company will have more opportunities to penetrate into strictly controlled markets.
In the first quarter of this year, NTACO’s export turnover reached 3.7 million USD, up 70 percent compared to the same period last year. At present, the company’s tra and basa fish products are sold to more than 40 countries and territories worldwide./.