(vasep.com.vn) Through November 2013, shrimp imports into Vietnam reached nearly US$170 million, including US$84 million of vannamei and US$44 million of black tiger shrimp.
Among total shrimp imports, vannamei made up 50 percent, black tiger shrimp occupied 26 percent and the rest was shrimp seed, dried shrimp and marine shrimp.
Shrimp imports in 2013 were estimated to hit US$185 million, up 16 percent year-on-year. In which imports of vannamei up 47 percent to touch US$94 million and black tiger shrimp imports reduced by 9 percent to US$48 million.
Through November 2013, India was the largest shrimp supplier to Vietnam, making up 59 percent among total imports into the country. India supplied nearly US$100 million of shrimp, including US$56.7 million of vannamei and US$42 million of black tiger shrimp.
Ecuador ranked the second and only supplied vannamei to Vietnam with the value of US$11 million. The next was Malaysia supplying US$4.9 million of vannamei and US$145 thousand of black tiger shrimp.
Due to lack of domestic raw shrimp supply, Vietnam processors sourced over US$128.5 million of vannamei and black tiger shrimp from foreign suppliers in order to process for exporting.
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Raw shrimp imports into Vietnam, Jan - Nov 2013
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Products
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Value (US$)
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Processed vannamei (HS code 16)
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320,664
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Frozen/fresh/live vannamei (HS code 03)
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84,138,544
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Total (1)
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84,459,208
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Shrimp seed
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10,230,980
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Other processed shrimp (HS code 16)
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176,341
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Other dried shrimp (HS code 03)
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223,702
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Other frozen/fresh/live shrimp (HS code 03)
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29,707,144
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Total (2)
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40,338,167
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Processed black tiger shrimp (HS code 16)
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168,275
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Frozen/fresh/live black tiger shrimp (HS code 03)
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44,351,014
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Total (3)
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44,519,289
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Total (1)+(2)+(3)
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169,316,663
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Source: General Department of Vietnam Customs
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