(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first half of this year, the Netherlands remained as the largest buyer of Vietnam pangasius in the EU, accounting for 2.7% of Vietnam’s total pangasius exports. This is also the largest importer of Vietnam’s value added pangasius.
As of June 2017, Vietnam’s pangasius sales to the Netherlands amounted to US$22.6 million, down 2.3% over the same period last year. Currently, there were over 20 pangasius exporting companies to the market. Most of pangasius items exported to this market are frozen form; besides, other items include frozen breaded pangasius, frozen pangasius steaks, pangasius portion, pangasius loins and frozen whole pangasius.
According to the ITC statistics, in the first four months of 2017, the import price of pangasius into the Netherlands ranged from US$2.4 to US$2.65 per kg, down from US$0.2 to US$0.4 per kg over the same period in 2016.
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Whitefish imports into the Netherlands by markets, Jan-Apr 2017 (Volume: MT; Value: Thousand US$)
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No.
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Markets
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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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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1
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Russia
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2.653
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11.632
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3.525
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15.179
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4.326
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18.107
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7.280
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28.227
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2
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Norway
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4.595
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16.541
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2.875
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10.266
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3.088
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12.116
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3.598
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11.836
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3
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Iceland
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892
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4.696
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635
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3.343
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2.595
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13.082
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1.624
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8.770
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4
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U.S
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2.124
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5.915
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1.159
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3.397
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1.148
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3.475
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1.168
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3.440
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5
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Vietnam
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1.190
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2.980
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1.088
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2.800
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853
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2.016
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1.133
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2.650
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6
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China
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1.267
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4.034
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1.459
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3.718
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625
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1.952
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680
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1.943
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7
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Namibia
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231
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934
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222
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1.077
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303
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1.288
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253
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1.125
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8
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Germany
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527
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1.761
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636
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2.051
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280
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1.217
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280
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1.003
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9
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Denmark
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283
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1.271
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159
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711
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333
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1.341
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238
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998
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10
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Belgium
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-
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1.295
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-
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1.361
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-
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965
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261
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834
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11
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UK
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175
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592
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290
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993
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278
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1.093
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183
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765
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12
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Faroe Islands
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158
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593
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31
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119
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306
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1.174
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82
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406
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13
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Greenland
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0
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-
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438
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1.486
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866
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2.894
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102
|
346
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14
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South Africa
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100
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410
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56
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245
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60
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282
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52
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245
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15
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Indonesia
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58
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272
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70
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376
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71
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296
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75
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225
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Source: ITC
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Whitefish imports into the Netherlands by products, Jan-Apr 2017 (Thousand US$)
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Code
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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Frozen Cod fillets (HS 030471)
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14.313
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13,428
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27,207
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21,939
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Frozen Cod (HS 030363)
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20.630
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14,093
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16,895
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21,738
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Frozen Alaska Pollock fillets (HS 030475)
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7.814
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6,337
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4,928
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4,721
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Frozen Haddock (HS 030364)
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1.075
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2,245
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2,518
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4,200
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Frozen Haddock fillets (HS 030472)
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1.665
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2,448
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3,409
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3,426
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Frozen pangasius, catfish fillets (HS 030462)
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3.426
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3,369
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2,586
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2,542
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Frozen Hake fillets (HS 030474)
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1.862
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2,008
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2,068
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1,782
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Chilled/fresh Cod (HS 030251)
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1.488
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1,707
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1,051
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991
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Frozen tilapia fillets (HS 030461)
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717
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742
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304
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445
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Frozen tilapia (HS 030323)
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580
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448
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257
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439
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Alaska Pollock meat (HS 030494)
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336
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63
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42
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327
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Frozen pangasius, catfish (HS 030324)
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150
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96
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33
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285
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Frozen Alaska Pollock (HS 030367)
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371
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277
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506
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232
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Total
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54.883
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48,109
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62,418
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63,319
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Source: ITC
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