From 2020 until now, with many reasons from "port congestion" due to the COVID-19 pandemic and now the increase in gasoline fuel prices, it is already difficult to place containers, the freight rates at most routes increase 4-5 times. time.
At the time of June 2022, although it has decreased a bit, but to export a 40-foot container through the US (Florida), the freight rate was about 16,400 USD/container.
“Including the cost of road transport from factories in the provinces to Ho Chi Minh City, the average is 400-410 million VND/container” - VASEP said.
At the same time, due to the impact of high gasoline prices since the beginning of the year, now, 40-50% of fishing vessels are ashore. Input materials for processing plants decreased by 70-80% compared to before.
Shipping rates to the US are extremely high
According to information from VASEP, statistics from Hon Ro fishing port (Khanh Hoa), by July 2022, more than 90% of fishing boats that are not supported with petrol have stopped operating. The volume of seafood arriving at the port also decreased by 30-40%, mainly from short-term fishing vessels.
Due to a sharp decrease in domestic raw materials, seafood processing factories also face difficulties. Enterprises are forced to increase the source of imported materials but not enough for processing.
The increase in petrol prices also pushes up road transport and logistics costs by 10-20% compared to before.
This is a difficult problem for seafood enterprises in the context that the world seafood market has recovered after COVID-19 and rival supplies are increasing fiercely.
Thuy Linh (According to the newspaper Law of Ho Chi Minh City )
