Vietnam earned 4.4 billion USD from exporting aquatic products in the first half of this year, up nearly 7% year-on-year, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has reported.
Vietnam's H1 seafood exports hit 4.4 billion USD (Photo:VNA)
HCM City (VNA)♎ – Vietnam earned 4.4 billion USD from exporting aquatic products in the first half of this year, up nearly 7% year-on-year, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has reported.
According to the association, the June export turnover topped 875 million USD, up 14% and the highest monthly figure so far this year.
During the reviewed period, shrimp exports fetched more than 1.6 billion USD, with 1.2 billion coming from the shipments of the white-legged. Meanwhile, lobster exports reached 130 million USD or 57 times the figure in the same period last year, with China being the largest importer.
Tra fish (pangasius) brought home 922 million USD in Jan-June, up nearly 6% year-on-year.
Vietnam's two largest seafood export markets, the US and China, recorded high growth rates in June with 14% and 18%, respectively.
VASEP said the country's seafood exports in the second half of 2024 is expected to increase by 15% to over 5.5 billion USD, bringing the yearly figure to nearly 10 billion USD, up 12% from 2023./.
Seafood shipments overseas have risen in the first half of 2022, and experts say Tra fish exports can increase the market share in the EU, while that of shrimp has a lot of room for growth in Canada.
Sufficient material supply for processing plants is expected to help the seafood industry rake in 9 billion USD in export revenue in 2019, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Shipments of seafood products are expected to bring home more than 8.7 billion USD in 2021, according to the General Statistics Office and the Ministry of Industry and Trade
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