Vietnam has registered good surge in shrimp export when its value reached US$1.675 billion, up 3 percent year-on-year, while Pangasius exports netted US$1.34 billion, down 7.6 percent. VASEP statistics showed that Viet Nam seafood export value in 2009 came in at US$4.25 billion, a decrease of 5.7 percent compared with 2008.
It is found that Vietnamese seafood’s largest market remained EU with US$1.096 billion, accounting for 25.8 percent of total seafood export value. Japan came second with US$758 million, down 8.5 percent against 2008, followed by the U.S. US$713.3 million, down 4.2 percent. Russia resumed importing seafood from Viet Nam since May 2009, and by the end of December 2009, seafood exports to Russia amounted to 47,500MT, worth US$84.6 million, down 62.1 percent in volume and 61.2 percent in value compared with the year earlier.
VASEP figure showed that in 2009, shrimp export value reached US$1.675 billion, up 3 percent year-on-year, while Pangasius exports netted US$1.34 billion, down 7.6 percent. Pangasius share in export product structure also reduced to 31.6 percent from 32.2 percent.
