Processing shrimp for export. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam shipped 749million USD worth of seafood abroad in August, bringing seafood exports in thefirst eight months of 2017 to 5.13 billion USD, up 18.1 percent from the sameperiod last year.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development, the largest buyers of Vietnamese seafood included the UnitedStates, Japan, China and the Republic of Korea, accounting for 55.6 percent oftotal exports.
Export value to China showed the biggestincrease of 57.2 percent, followed by Japan (30.8 percent), the United Kingdom(30.1 percent), the RoK (28.8 percent), the Netherlands (25.3 percent) andCanada (20.7 percent).
Meanwhile, Vietnam imported 912 million USDworth of seafood in the first eight months, a year-on-year rise of 31.3percent.
[Tra fish exports to US remain steady]
In a move expected to hurt seafood exports,the US Department of Agriculture has just revealed it will begin inspecting allpangasius and Siluriformes fish imports from Vietnam from August 2, instead ofSeptember 1 as previously announced. However, no customs-related issues havebeen reported on export batches to the US since then.
The pangasius has been fetching from 22,000– 25,000 VND per kg in the Mekong Delta during August, depending on its qualityand the payment method.
Prawn prices meanwhile have been rising thismonth due to low supply alongside increased demand from local seafoodprocessing firms.-VNA
In a move expected to hurt seafood exports,the US Department of Agriculture has just revealed it will begin inspecting allpangasius and Siluriformes fish imports from Vietnam from August 2, instead ofSeptember 1 as previously announced. However, no customs-related issues havebeen reported on export batches to the US since then.
The pangasius has been fetching from 22,000– 25,000 VND per kg in the Mekong Delta during August, depending on its qualityand the payment method.
Prawn prices meanwhile have been rising thismonth due to low supply alongside increased demand from local seafoodprocessing firms.-VNA
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