The Mekong River Delta: tiger prawn prices increase 43.4% on year

Tiger Prawn Prices rose by VND57,500 a kg or up 43.4% on year due to epidemic diseases in Soc Trang, the Mekong River Delta province, one of Vietnam’s largest shrimp exporters.

Tiger Prawn Prices rose by VND57,500 a kg or up 43.4% on year due to epidemic diseases in Soc Trang, the Mekong River Delta province, one of Vietnam’s largest shrimp exporters.

In Bac Lieu province, the wholesale prices of big-size tiger prawn of 20 shrimps/kg have been sold at the highest price of VND190,000/kg for many years, increasing VND5,000/kg (+2.7%) from the last week and VND57,500(+43.4%) on year.

Oppositely, prices of small and medium sizes tiger prawn remain decreasing. In Ca Mau province, tiger prawn of 30 shrimps/kg decreased at VND131,000/kg. Tiger prawn of 20 shrimps/kg and 40 shrimps/kg cost VND173,000 and VND98,000 respectively. – Stoxplus.com

Tags: tiger prawn prices, Vietnam Seafood, Vietnam seafood sector

Posted by VBN on Aug 27 2010. Filed under Sea food. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry