Vietnam’s seafood export to US increases

Vietnam earned 215 million USD from seafood exports to the United States in the first four months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 26.3 percent.

According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Processors and Exporters, the US imports tra fish and catfish from 12 countries across the world, and Vietnam is the largest exporter of tra and basa fish to the market.

The US demand for imported seafood is forecast to increase in the near future due to the oil spill in the Mexican gulf, which is seriously affecting the US environment and its seafood output.

Vietnam ’s seafood exports in the reviewed period increased by 17.4 percent to 1.2 billion USD, with exports of tra and basa fish and shrimp rising by 15.6 percent and 11.7 percent, respectively.

The EU market continues to import the most Vietnamese seafood, closely followed by Japan and the US.

Tags: Vietnam Seafood, Vietnam seafood export to US, Vietnam seafood exports

Posted by VBN on May 24 2010. Filed under Import-Export. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry