August 20, 2010
Vietnam exports nearly US$100 million processed seafood
By mid-July, Vietnam had exported around 22,000 tonnes of processed seafood worth over US$99 million in total to 53 markets globally, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Vietnam's processed seafood has won more recognition from many Asian countries, especially Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Cambodia.
Japan is the largest importer of Vietnamese processed molluscs with 2,800 tonnes, worth more than US$17 million. In total, the country imported over 5,000 tonnes of Vietnamese seafood worth around US$29 million.
The RoK has also increased its seafood imports from Vietnam to meet its increasing demand. By July 15, the country had bought over 2,600 tonnes of processed fish worth more than US$13.8 million.
In the reviewed period, Cambodia, a country with a high demand for canned fish products from Vietnam, imported over 1,400 tonnes of processed seafood worth US$2.4 million.
Vietnam's seafood export turnover reached US$2.45 billion in the first seven months of 2010, an on-year increase of nearly 12%.
The EU remained Vietnam's largest seafood importer with US$512 million, followed by Japan with over US$373 million.
