Up 131% in Vietnamese sales of fresh/live/frozen tuna to the Netherlands

According to statistics of Vietnam Customs, Vietnamese exports to the Netherlands in April 2018 valued at US$1.3 million, an increase of 27% compared to April 2017; the figure in the first four months amounted to US$7.6 million, up 45% over the same period in 2017.

In particular, exports of live/fresh/frozen tuna accounted for more than 88% of the total value of tuna exports to the Netherlands. Compared to the same period of 2017, exports of fresh/live/frozen and dried tuna to this market this year tended to go up, while those of canned/processed tuna decreased.

In the first three months of this year, the Netherlands boosted tuna imports. Tuna imports in the first quarter of 2018 reached US$77 million, up 1.5% over the same period. However, in March 2018, tuna imports into this country began to tend to decrease over the same period last year. This was driven by a fall in imports of canned tuna and fresh/live/frozen tuna into this country except for frozen tuna loins/fillets.

Vietnam currently ranked the 6th largest supplier to the Netherlands. However, Vietnam held as the largest supplier of frozen tuna loins/fillets to this market, accounting for nearly 55% of total import value of this item from Vietnam.