(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As of June 15th 2016, ASEAN was the 4th largest pangasius importer of Vietnam (after the US, EU, China - Hong Kong). This was a potential importing market of Vietnam in 2015. However, in some recent months, the shipments to this market showed a slight decrease.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first 6 months of 2015, Vietnam pangasius exports to the UK was up 41% year on year. The UK was the 4th largest importer of Vietnam pangasius in the EU bloc after Spain, the Netherlands and Germany.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Currently, 80-90% of seafood producers face lack and interruption of labour resources in processing plants. As a result, pangasius processors don’t dare to expand their production scale, delay the contracts or cancel the contracts in the peak season. Thanks to investment for the I-Cut 130 PortionCutter, DAI DAI THANH SEAFOODS has solved the problem of lacking skilled workers, increased the number of orders, met 100% customers’ requirements on product size, product uniformity, sharp-cut product and almost no loss of norms.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As of May 2016, Vietnam earned the revenue of US$650.3 million from pangasius exports, up 5.5% compared to the same period last year. In particular, the exports to the U.S., China - Hong Kong, and Brazil registered the positive growth.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As of the first half of May 2016, Vietnam pangasius exports to Brazil reached US$29.12 million, up 189% compared to the same period last year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the statistics of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam enterprises earned the revenue of US$507.54 million in pangasius exports in the first 4 months of 2016, up 5.2% year on year. The figure in Apr 2016 estimated at US$142.08 million, up 13% compared to Apr 2015.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As of Apr 2016, Vietnam pangasius exports to the U.S valued US$115.1 million, up 7.2% compared to the same last year, accounting for 22.7% of total export value.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On May, 6th 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) issued Decision No. 1639/QD-BNN-TCTS on approving the development plan for tilapia farming by 2020, driven by 2030.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to NTACO Corporation (NTACO), in order to complete the business plan as presented at the annual shareholders' meeting 2016, the company signed a cooperation agreement with BINCA Seafoods GmbH, Germany.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The Senate today voted to reverse a controversial change to catfish inspections, turning up the heat in a trade disagreement between the U.S. and Vietnam as President Barack Obama wraps up his trip to Hanoi.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As of Mar 2016, Vietnam pangasius exports to the ASEAN countries gained US$33.47 million. Of that, the figure to Thailand estimated at US$12.47 million, picking up 36.4% of the total export value to the region.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to Vinh Hoan Joint Stock Company (Vinh Hoan Corp), to meet the demand for natural food, Vinh Hoan introduced its untreated premium pangasius fillets at the Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, on Apr, 26th – 28th 2016.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first three months of 2016, raw pangasius price from Vietnam fell due to lower demand from some major markets. In the period, exports to some main markets showed the decline (the EU: -6.8%; ASEAN: -0.4%; Mexico: -32.8%; Colombia: -20.3%; Saudi Arabia: -11.8%) compared to the same period last year while exports to the 3 large markets (the U.S., China - Hong Kong and specially Brazil) registered a year-on-year rise of 3.4%; 48.2% and 542.2%, respectively.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2015, Vietnam pangasius exports to the UK valued US$46.56 million, accounting for 3% of total export value, up 13.9% over the previous year. The average prices of imported catfish and pangasius into the UK were about US$3.11 - 3.82/kg, higher than some other markets in Europe such as Germany, Belgium, Finland, and France. Higher price in 2015 helped to facilitate pangasius exports of Vietnam to the market.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After a continuous decline in export value in 2015, as of mid-Mar 2016, Vietnam pangasius export to Brazil reached US$17.2 million, up 761.5% from the same period last year.