(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2023, canned tuna became the most exported product to the EU for the first time. Export turnover of this product group accounts for more than 40% of total export turnover to this market, estimated at about 71 million USD, up 28% from 2022.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Brazil is the third largest market consumer of Vietnam’s pangasius. For many years, Vietnam has been a supplier of white fish (mainly pangasius) to Brazil.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of An Giang, the implementation of the 3-level pangasius breeding production project in the Mekong Delta in An Giang currently has investments from 4 enterprises in technology-oriented farming in a high-concentration area of 442.3 ha. Among which, Viet Uc Seafood Corporation has invested 104 ha; Nam Viet Binh Phu Seafood Company Limited has invested 600 ha (including 150 ha for breeding); Loc Kim Chi Development Company Limited with 140 ha; and Vinh Hoan Joint Stock Company with 48.3 ha. These projects are currently underway and put into production, contributing to improving pangasius seed quality in An Giang province.

Representatives of firms gathered to discuss how to improve the value and quality of surimi and fishmeal products which bring high export turnover

The Vietnam Trade Office in Algeria coordinated with the Carrefour supermarket system in Algeria to organize activities to introduce and promote Vietnamese products such as coffee and pangasius fillets at the Carrefour hypermarket in City Center shopping center in the capital Algiers.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) By the end of November 2023, Vietnam’s seafood exports reached over 8.2 billion USD, down 20% over the same period in 2022. It is estimated that seafood exports in December reach nearly 800 million USD, equivalent to November, bringing the total seafood exports for 2023 to about 9 billion USD, 17% lower than the record level of nearly 11 billion USD of 2022.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As of November 2023, Vietnamese shrimp exports to China and Hong Kong reached 569 million USD, down a proportion of 8% over the same period last year

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) VASEP Surimi and Fishmeal Business Club launched on December 22, 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, stemming from the fact that the increasing number and contribution activities of surimi and fishmeal enterprises in Vietnam’s seafood sector in general development of the global seafood.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As of November 15, 2023, Vietnam pangasius export turnover reached 1.6 billion USD, down nearly 28% compared to the same period in 2022.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The latest data shows that the domestic market continues to be the foundation for Vinh Hoan Corp 's (VHC) business activities while export activities have not clearly recovered.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2022, Belgium was Vietnam's third-largest tuna import market in the EU, with a growth rate of 65% compared to 2021. However, in 2023, tuna exports to Belgium have declined under the impact of inflation. Belgium is no longer one of Vietnam's three largest tuna import markets in the EU

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After a period of positive growth in the second quarter of 2023, Vietnam's tuna exports to Lithuania decreased in the last months of the year. In October 2023 alone, tuna exports Lithuania decreased by 80% compared to the same period in 2022

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Agro-forestry-fishery export turnover in 2023 is estimated to reach over 53 billion USD, of which shrimp exports are about 3.6 billion USD.

According to data from Vietnam Customs, cumulatively in the first 10 months of this year, Vietnam's pangasius exports to CPTPP member countries reached more than 200 million USD, down 28% over the same period last year, accounting for 13% of Vietnam's total pangasius exports to markets.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn)According to data from Vietnam Customs, pangasius exports in October 2023 to markets reached nearly 173 million USD, down 4% over the same period last year.