Instead of selling by-products for animal feed, Vietnamese pangasius skin has found its way to export to Singapore with high value.
Sharing with VnExpress, Mr. Nguyen Truong Giang, deputy director of Dong Thap-based private rice business in Dong Thap, said that in the past, Pangasius skin mainly sold by-products to process animal feed, recently. products of this unit are proposed to be ready-to-eat (snack) products by businesses in Singapore.
“4 months ago, many Singaporean and European customers asked us to provide Pangasius skin that meets international food safety standards at attractive prices.
After the survey process, the Singaporean partner signed an off-take contract with the company, "Giang said and said if the former price of by-products was only 6,000 - 8,000 VND per kg, when sold to real processing enterprises. Dignity increased by 71.4% (warehousing price); If there are additional packaging costs, freezing ...
it can be increased 3 times, about 22,000 -24,000 VND per kg. Pangasius snack in Singapore market currently costs 8 SGD (about VND 136,000) for a small package of 230 grams.