(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s exports of cephalopod to South Korea in January 2017 reached US$14.9 million, down 2.3% over the same period in 2016. Korea remained to be the largest importer of Vietnam's cephalopod with the proportion of 37.3% of the total exports.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has caught nearly 23,000 tonnes of seafood since early this year, up nearly 3 percent year-on-year, said acting Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Van Hoa.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam cephalopod exports to the Netherlands in Jan 2017 reached US$742 thousand, up 337% year on year. The market ranked the second behind Italy (in the EU bloc) in importing cephalopod from Vietnam. The market reported the highest growth in purchasing cephalopod from Vietnam among markets in the EU bloc.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In January 2017, Vietnam mainly exported its cephalopod products to 3 major markets, namely South Korea, Japan and the EU. The sales to these three markets accounted for more than 85% of the country's total export value.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2016, the total export turnover of Vietnam cephalopod reached US$439.04 million, up 2.3% compared to 2015. In the year, Vietnam exported its cephalopod to 67 countries and territories compared to 68 ones in 2015.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to Japanese market in 2016 reached US$109.6 million, up 8.1% compared to 2015. Japan was the 2nd largest with the proportion of 25% in 2016 from the proportion of 23.6% in 2015.

Vietnam seafood exports has finished year of 2016 with positive results, meeting target of US$7.05 billion, up 7.3% compared to 2015, though the fisheries sector experiencing difficulties in raw material sources due to the drought and salinity and the barriers such as anti-dumping tariff in the US market.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) EU tend to raise imports of cephalopod in 2016. Spain was the largest importer in the bloc, followed by Italy and Portugal.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to General Department of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to China-Hong Kong, in Jan-Nov 2016 were worth by US$15.4 million, down 23.5% year on year. Of that, exports to Hong Kong reached US$5.04 million, down 2.8% compared to the same period of 2015.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to General Department of Vietnam Customs, in Jan-Nov 2016, Vietnam’s bivalve mollusk exports were worth by US$75.1 million, up 0.5% from the same period last year. The figure in Nov 2016 amounted to US$7.5 million, up 1.9% year on year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to General Department of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports in Jan-Nov this year totaled US$391.03 million, down 0.5% from the same period last year. The figure in Nov 2016 was US$49.05 million, up 27% year on year. Notably, in November, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to 9 main importing markets reported the positive growth. Of that, shipments to Taiwan showed the highest increase (+91.2%) with the value of US$766 thousand, followed by China and Hong Kong (+70%) with US$2.1 million. Exports to top 3 largest importing markets, including South Korea, Japan and EU all rose by over 16% year on year.

Vietnam’s export turnover of aquatic products reached US$7 billion in 2016, an increase of 6.6% over 2015, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Imports of bivalve mollusks into Portugal in the first 9 months of 2016 tended to go up over the same period last year. Spain is the leading supplier of bivalve mollusks to the market, followed by Viet Nam and New Zealand.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After declines, imports of cephalopod into the US tended to rise from the beginning of the year. The import volume peaked at 24,858 MT in QIII/2016, QII/2016 with 22,475 MT and QI/2016 with 22,080 MT. This was driven by an increase in demand for this item for the upcoming holidays.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs, as of 30th Oct 2016, Vietnam’s bivalve mollusk exports to Spain were worth by US$13.2 million, up 26.5% compared to the same period of 2015. Shipments to Spain accounted for 20% of total export value of Vietnam’s bivalve mollusks and the market also stayed as the 1st largest importer of the item from Vietnam in the EU.