(vasep.com.vn) During Nov 5-7, 2013, Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and its members took part in China Fisheries and Seafood Expo (CFSE) 2013 in Dalian city.
CFSE, the largest seafood trade show in Asia, attracted 1,000 exhibitors from 39 nations in which 22 exhibitors were visited by 20,000 visitors from 80 countries in the world.
China is a large seafood consumer market. Vietnam seafood enterprises joined CFSE with an aim to find more Chinese importers and introduce Vietnam’s seafood products to Chinese consumers.
The country is the fouth largest importer of Vietnam seafood after the U.S., EU and Japan. Fish exports to the market got the sharpest growth with two-digit level.
Vietnam’s seafood exports to China reported monthly export turnover of nearly US$45 million including US$28 million of shrimp sales, making up 68 percent of total seafood sales. Shrimp exports to China got a monthly growth of 25-115 percent.
Seafood exports to China in Jan-Sep 2013 totaled US$390 million, up 32 percent year-on-year in which shrimp shipment valued at US$256 million, up 43 percent.
In QIII/2013, seafood exports to China climbed up 40 percent to US$159 million including US$109 million from shrimp sales.
Among Vietnam’s total shrimp sales to China, processed shrimp made up 3.6 percent, frozen raw shrimp occupied the remaining 96.3 percent while Vietnam’s total shrimp exports included 31 percent of processed shrimp and 69 percent of frozen raw shrimp.