(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the early 2017, exports of pangasius from Vietnam to Brazil was quite good over the same period last year. Export value In Jan 2017 reached US$12.1 million, up 17.2% compared with the same month of 2016. If this growth continues in the coming months, Brazil will replace ASEAN as the fourth largest importer of Vietnamese pangasius (after the US, EU and China – Hongkong).
Many pangasius exporters to Brazil in 2017 said that this market is easy to accept high quality pangasius products. However, the quality requirements of this market are very strict.
According to ITC statistics, Vietnam and Argentina are currently the two largest suppliers of whitefish to Brazil. It was followed by China and Portugal.
In 2016, Brazil mainly imported frozen hake fillet (HS 030474) and frozen hake (HS 030366) from Argentina; Imports of Alaska pollock products (HS 030475); frozen hake fillet (HS 030474) and frozen cod fillet (HS 030471) from China; imports of cod fillet and frozen cod (HS 030363 and 030471) from Portugal.
Although Brazil's current political situation continues to have an impact on its economy, however, according to Vietnamese pangasius exporters, in coming time, demand for high quality pangasius imports into this market continue to increase. Currently, Vietnamese pangasius products have high competitiveness with other whitefish products in the Brazilian market.
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White fish imports into Brazil in 2016 (Value: US$thousand; Volume: kg)
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Suppliers
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Q1
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Q2
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Q3
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Q4
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Volume
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Value
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Volume
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Value
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Volume
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Value
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Volume
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Value
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The world
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38,676,682
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87,941
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15,531,352
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33,895
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15,163,262
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33,661
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15,981,286
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46.233
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Vietnam
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14,777,290
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22,598
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7,552,981
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10,916
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5,969,880
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8,717
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5,561,147
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9.602
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Argentina
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5,169,604
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15,680
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3,702,921
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11,100
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3,981,389
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11,486
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6,038,682
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17.428
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China
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16,270,876
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33,323
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3,550,780
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6,594
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4,341,249
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8,696
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2,756,683
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7.012
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Portugal
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1,710,480
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14,516
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592,480
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4,746
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452,439
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4,059
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1,316,437
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11.431
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Uruguay
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8,970
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29
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-
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-
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8,896
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6
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138,400
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160
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US
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486,292
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721
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22,628
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128
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333,285
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426
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54,705
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151
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Source: ITC
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Written by Ta Ha