Seafood export from Soc Trang province

(vasep.com.vn) At the Mekong River Delta provinces, this is on-season of black tiger shrimp seed. The seed price is on upward trend due to lack of supply.

(VASEPNews) In the first two months of 2012, Minh Phu Seafood Corporation (HOSE code - MPC) has shipped abroad 3,495 MT of shrimp, bringing total revenue of US$ 43.31 million, up 23.34 percent in volume and 30.47 percent in value compared to last year.

(VASEPNews) SaoTa Foods Joint Stock Company (Fimex VN) did not reach its export target set for February 2012 as the company was grappling with volatile prices of exported shrimp, rocketing input costs and negative impact of US$/VND exchange rate.

(VNA) The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has agreed to support Vietnam in implementing an one-year project on controlling the spread of an identified disease on shrimps, which was estimated worth 500,000 USD.

(VASEPNews) Regarding to the final results of administrative review on new shipper exporters to the U.S. from 1st February to 31st July 2010, Quoc Viet Seaproducts Processing Trading and Import-Export Co., Ltd (Quoc Viet Co., Ltd) was awarded a duty rate of zero percent.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2011, Minh Phu Seafood Corporation (Minh Phu Seafood Corp) exported 28 thousand MT of frozen shrimp for total revenue of US$334.4 million, up 17.5 percent in volume and 35 percent in value over the previous year. The US was the largest import market accounting 37 percent of total export value. It was followed by Japan with 21 percent, the EU 12.8 percent, South Korea 12.6 percent and Canada 9 percent.

In first eleven months of 2011, Nam Can Seaproducts Import-Export Joint Stock Company (Seanamico) totaled US$25 million of export turnover, in which the EU market accounted for 60 percent. The company also exported its products to Japan and some Asian markets.