(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam boosts exports of fresh/live/frozen octopus (HS code 030751 and HS code 030759) to South Korea thanks to the tax rate of 0%. In the first half of 2017, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to the market amounted to US$95 million, up 40.5% over the same period last year. South Korea kept as the biggest importer of Vietnam cephalopod, representing 35% of Vietnam cephalopod sales.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) With the continuous high growth in the first 6 months of 2017, the EU remained as the third largest importing market of Vietnam cephalopod, behind South Korea and Japan. Vietnam’s total cephalopod exports to the EU in the first half of the year hit US$51.5 million, up 101.6% over the same period in 2016.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the statistics from Vietnam Customs, after declining in January 2017, Vietnam's cephalopod exports had grown steadily for the next five months. Therefore, the exports in the first 6 months of 2017 amounted to US$269 million, an increase of 50% over the same period in 2016.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The Netherlands held as the 3rd largest importing market of Vietnam cephalopod in the EU, accounting for 1.3% of Vietnam's cephalopod exports.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) France currently stays as the 11th largest importing market of cephalopod in the world as well as the 6th leading buyer of Vietnam cephalopod. In the first 7 months of this year, cephalopod imports into France from Vietnam reported the impressive growth of 274% to eye US$6.1 million.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After the decline in imports in early this year, ASEAN has continuously increased imports of cephalopod from Vietnam in the last 6 months. According to the statistics from Vietnam Customs, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to ASEAN in the first 7 months of this year totaled US$38 million, an increase of 40% over the same period in 2016. This was the 4th largest importer of Vietnam cephalopod.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s cephalopod exports showed the continuous increase from the beginning of this year. Through Aug 2017, Vietnam’s cephalopod sales totaled US$402 million, up 55% over the same period last year. Exports in Sep 2017 to top 9 major importing markets recorded the positive growth over the same period in 2016. Supplies increased thanks to a rise in capture output and import volume, along with the flexibility of exporters in adjusting the structure of products and markets, which had facilitated exports of cephalopod in the first 8 months of the year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first half of this year, Vietnam’s cephalopod shipments to China witnessed the highest growth rate among major importing markets of Vietnam. In July 2017, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to the market valued at US$6.5 million, a remarkable increase of 226% compared to July 2016. The figure in the first 7 months of this year totaled over US$21 million, up 140% over the same period in 2016.

Total seafood output from both fishing and aquaculture in the central province of Thua Thien–Hue reached 40,166 tonnes in January-September, up 15.6 percent, including 28,777 tonnes of wild catch, up 19.7 percent.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On Sep 11th 2017, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam – Mr. Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Deputy Minister of MARD– Mr. Vu Van Tam and leaders of MARD, and leaders of Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) had a meeting with Ambassador Bruno Angelet, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam and EU Trade Counselors in Vietnam with an aim to discussing and sharing information on the implementation of EU’s recommendations on combating IUU fishing in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s total output of caught fish in the first eight months of 2017 reached nearly 2.3 million tonnes, up 3.4 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On 31st Aug 2017, at the meeting room of Saigon International Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), on the sideline of the Vietfish 2017, VASEP Marine Product Committee held a meeting of seafood enterprises to unify the implementation of the IUU regulations as well as provide solutions to combat IUU fishing.

During a recent meeting in Thailand, the prime ministers of Thailand and Vietnam reaffirmed their commitment to suppressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Being considered as the most important activity of fisheries industry in the year, Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition 2017 (Vietfish 2017) was opened on 29th Aug 2017 at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC). The opening ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) - Mr. Vu Van Tam- and representatives from Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Industry and Trade as well as representatives from trade affairs and business associations from countries such as Thailand, India, and Malaysia ... and the media.

As part of the outstanding activities at VIETFISH 2017, VASEP is planning to hold 7 major conferences related to key fisheries activities, presented by domestic and international speakers.