(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the year of 2015, Japan tended to increase imports of fresh live clams, (HS code 030771), but reduced the imports of frozen clam (HS code 030779) and processed clam (HS code 160556). Live, fresh clam is the most imports into Japan in 2015, next is processed clam. Frozen clam exports reached the lowest value. In 2015, Japan’s frozen clam imports worth US$32.23 million, down 11% compared to 2014.

(vasep.com.vn) In the last 4 months, Vietnam crab exports decreased continuously. Crab export value in October was as much as 73.5% of that in same period in 2014. Total crab export value for the first 10 months of 2015 touched US$ 95 million, down 8% year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) To Vietnam, Italy is the second biggest market for bivalve mollusk in the EU. According to Vietnam General Customs, through October, bivalve mollusk exports to Italy reached US$ 10.8 million, up 4% from the same period last year. All clam products that Vietnam exported to Italy are processed (HS 160 556).

In QIII/2015, surimi exports from Vietnam valued US$78.782 million, down 4.4% year on year. Through September, surimi exports reached US$217,8 million, up 5.7% year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) Processed clams from Vietnam are quite popular now in Italy with good price and quality. Processed clam import of Italy is falling but imports from Vietnam are increasing. According to Vietnam General Customs, as of 15th September 2015, bivalve molluscs exports to Italy worth US$ 9.65 million, up 6% year-on-year. Italy is now Vietnam's second most favorite destination for bivalve molluscs in the EU, just after Portugal.

(vasep.com.vn) In August 2015, Vietnam crab exports declined.The total export value in August was just over 10 million. Cumulative crab export value for 8 first months of this year is nearly 71 million, down by 2%.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam General Customs, Vietnamese companies earned a total revenue of US$ 3.922 million from cephalopod exports to the US market in the first 8 months of this year. This represents an increase of nearly 33% over the same period of 2014. The US is one of Vietnam's biggest cephalopod importing market, after South Korea, Japan, EU, ASEAN, China and Hong Kong. In August only, cephalopod exports to the US worth US$ 1.04 million, up 134.2% year-on-year.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs, by 15th August, Vietnamese companies earned a total revenue of US$ 6.16 million from bivalve mollusk exports to Japan, up 25.6% year on year. Processed clam is the major product that Vietnam sends here. Japan is Vietnam's second biggest importing market for this species, right after the EU. Exports to Japan represent 12.3% of total bivalve mollusk exports from Vietnam.

(vasep.com.vn) In first 7 months of 2015, Vietnamese crab exporters earned a total revenue of over US$ 60.7 million, up nearly 6% year on year. In the first half of 2015, Vietnam exported crab to 34 markets, adding 6 markets comparing to the same period in 2014.

(vasep.com.vn) China and Hong Kong, along with South Korea, Japan, ASEAN and the EU, is now Vietnam's top market for cephalopod.

(vasep.com.vn) According to General Customs, cephalopod exports to Germany in the first 6 months of 2015 valued US$ 2.22 million, up 10% year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) Though making up only 2.4% of Vietnam's total crab exports, Australia shows sharp increase in importing crab from Vietnam.

(vasep.com.vn) With the help from favorable weather, since the beginning of this year, marine capture increased.

(vasep.com.vn) Accounted for 12.4% of Vietnam's total surimi exports, Japan is the third largest exporting market, after South Korea and ASEAN.

(vasep.com.vn) In May, Vietnamese bivalve companies earned US$ 7.27 million from exports, 6.6% lower than the same period in 2014. Through May, bivalve exports reached US$ 32.6 million, presenting a 4.2% year-on-year increase.