Vietnam’s tra fish exports drop

Vietnam has earned just US$17.8 million from exporting 8,500 tonnes of tra fish this year, down 26 percent in output and 6.8 percent in export value over the same period last year.

According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the number of exporters to the market has dropped from 43 last year to just 35 this year.

Businesses have attributed the sharp fall in tra fish exports to political instability in Egypt and Egyptian importers’ decision to reduce import volumes amid soaring export prices – VOV

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Posted by VBN on Aug 19 2011. Filed under Import-Export, 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