(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first quarter of 2017, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to Israel totaled US$870,000, an increase of 230.3% over the same period in 2016. Shipments to the market recorded the highest growth out of top 9 importing markets of Vietnam cephalopod in earlier this year

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In QI/2017, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to South Korea hit US$40.1 million, up 27.9% over the same period last year. South Korea remained as the biggest buyer of Vietnam cephalopod, accounting for 37%, down 1% compared to QI/2016

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first three months of 2017, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports totaled US$107.1 million, up 31.4% over the same period last year. In QI/2016, exports of squid and octopus picked up the equal proportion, and tended to decline. However, in QI/2017, shipments of squid and octopus witnessed the positive growth and the proportion of these two items had more disparity.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On 17th Apr 2017, Seafood Joint Stock Company No.4, also known as SEAPRIEXCO No.4 (HOSE: TS4) held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2017 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese processor Godaco is seeing operations at its new plant in Ben Tre increase, with filleters there growing accustomed to a number of new species, executive director Jonathan Wilson told Undercurrent News.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the statistics of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam cephalopod exports to Thailand in the first two months of this year totaled US$5.8 million, an increase of 0.2% over the same period last year. Thailand is the largest importer of cephalopod in Asean. Particularly, in February 2017, Vietnam’s sales reached US$2.8 million, up 118.4% compared with February 2016.

The central province of Binh Dinh aims to earn more than 4.5 billion USD in export revenue between 2016 and 2020, according to Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Phan Cao Thang.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first two months of this year, cephalopod sales reached US$62.5 million, up 15.7% over the same period in 2016. Three main importing markets reported positive growth. EU reported the highest growth rate of nearly 60%, followed by Japan and South Korea.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the annual shareholders' meeting of Aquatex Bentre (ABT) in 2017, the Board of Directors of ABT will submit to the shareholders about the plan reaching 8,000 tons of finished products, estimated turnover of VND500 billion, up 18.4% over 2016; before tax profit of VND60 billion, up 11.1% compared to 2016 and expected dividend rate of 40-50%.

(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.