(vasep.com.vn) Shrimp price in Bac Lieu province is climbing up due to high demand from dealers.

(vasep.com.vn) Being the largest shrimp farming province of Vietnam with 266,000 hectares of shrimp farming area, Ca Mau province demands 16-18 billion of shrimp seed for stocking. However, the province can meet only 40 percent of local farmers’ seed demand.

The early mortality syndrome (EMS) crisis triggereda trade flow shift from west to east, Gorjan Nikolik, seafood analyst at Rabobank,told the audience at GOAL 2013, while presenting the key findings of a recent study on the global shrimp market.

Exports of Mexican shrimp into the United States might see an incredible drop this year, from a market value of $15 million (€11.1 million) last year to a projected $8 million (€5.9 million) this year, Bill Hoenig, vice president at shrimp producer Delta Blue, told IntraFishduring the coffee break.

The imposition of an indefinite ban on importing live shrimp sees exporters cash in on Philippines “uniquely” disease-free status.

The demand for shrimp from Bangladesh has increased significantly in the United States and European markets over an epidemic that attacked farms in China and other Southeast Asian countries.

There are no records of legal introduction of broodstock, says shrimp expert.

(vasep.com.vn) So far this year, Ca Mau – a province in Mekong Delta - totaled 339,765 MT of fish production, fulfilling 80 percent of yearly plan, up 3.2 percent over 2012. Its shrimp output was 114,215 MT.

(vasep.com.vn) During the past 5 years, this is the first time the U.S. has surpassed Japan to be the largest buyer of Vietnam shrimp. Shrimp sales to the U.S. so far have increased partly thanks to tremendous and continuous increase in shrimp price in the U.S. market in the past 9 months of 2013.

(vasep.com.vn) Minh Phu Seafood Corporation (MPC) is investing VND95 billion in the project of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) based on Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP).

(vasep.com.vn) Through September 2013, Ca Mau Agricultural Products and Foodstuff Im-Ex Joint Stock Company (Agrimexco Ca Mau) exported 1,676 MT of shrimp of all products and varieties to earn back US$13.2 million, up 46 percent in volume and 53 percent in value compared to the compatible period of 2012.

(vasep.com.vn) So far this year, farmers in Tan Phu district of Dong Nai province have got high earnings from giant freshwater prawn thanks to high yield and stable price of shrimp.

(vasep.com.vn) South Korea was put into top 5 biggest importers of Vietnam shrimp. Shrimp exports to Korea occupied 8 percent of the country’s total shrimp sales and remained positive growth in many past years.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2013 crop, brackishwater shrimp farmers in Soc Trang province enjoyed a bumper crop. High shrimp price is also a good news for farmers.