(vasep.com.vn) After a sharp decrease in QI/2013, Vietnam’s seafood exports started to rebound in April. Seafood exports in May 2013 continued the positive momentum of April, reaching US$592 million, up 8.3 percent year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs, in the first 5 months of 2013, Vietnam’s tuna exports to EU made up 22.9 percent of the country’s total tuna export value. Tuna exports to the market during Jan-May of 2013 attained US$57.935 million, up 37.3 percent over that of the same period of 2012.

The director of the National Sanitary Agriculture and Livestock Service (Senasa), Heriberto Amador, anticipated for this year an export reaching almost 50 million pounds of shrimp to the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica and Europe.

The seafood export industry, smarting under a 5.91 per cent countervailing duty imposed by the US Department of Commerce on the shrimps imported from India, is pinning its hopes on the ‘final determination’ of the duty by the US authorities in September.

Ecuadorian officials will call on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to get Brazil to lift restrictions on its shrimp exports after years of being banned from the country for unsanitary standards.

Using traditional farming methods Bangladeshi shrimp production lags behind its Asian neighbors. Shrimp and frozen foods processing plants in Bangladesh are running at less than 80 percent capacity due to low production, The Daily Star reported from a seminar organized by the Bangladesh Frozen Foods and Exporters Association (BFFEA).

ASC has launched a project which aims to develop the ASC Feed Standard. ASC invites experts from the aquaculture feed industry to join a working group and actively contribute to the future of responsible aquaculture feed.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Most of import markets of Vietnamese pangasius showed recovery signs since April 2013. According to Vietnam Customs, pangasius exports reached US$174.09 million in May 2013, up 15.7 percent compared with that of May 2012. In the first five months, Vietnam generated US$708.89 million, up 1.5 percent from the same period of 2012.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs, in the first 5 months of 2013, Vietnam’s exports of crab and swimming crab reached US$27.7 million, down 21.6 percent on that reported in the same time of 2012. The figure in May 2013 was US$5.1 million, down 41.3 percent on that of May 2012.

(seafood.com) ASC has launched a project which aims to develop the ASC Feed Standard. ASC invites experts from the aquaculture feed industry to join a working group and actively contribute to the future of responsible aquaculture feed.

(vasep.com.vn) Along with Japan and EU, the U.S. is one of three main importers of Vietnam shrimp. In 2012, Vietnam shrimp shipments to this market sharply decreased of 18.6 percent from the previous year due to low demand, instability of domestic raw shrimp supplies and disease outbreaks.

The Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca) estimates that next year, salmon and trout total production will be about 530,000 tonnes, which represents a decrease of 24 per cent compared to that expected for 2013, reaching 700,000 tonnes.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Over the recent years, Middle East is highlighting to be a potential market for seafood products, while other importing markets showed quiet signs in demand.

Truong Dinh Hoe, general secretary of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), forecast that this year’s seafood exports will likely amount to US$6.5 billion, up about US$300 million from 2012, despite a number of key products facing export difficulties.

Peruvian fish exports generated in April generated USD 98.1 million in revenue, representing a 40 per cent decrease compared to the same month in 2012, when its value was USD 163.3 million.