(seafood.vasep.com.vn) China is still a large importing market for Vietnamese seafood, but the recovery forecasts for 2022 are not enough to make a statement of growth with certainty.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the Russia-Ukraine tension causes Vietnam’s agricultural trade with Russia and Ukraine to be significantly reduced.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's seafood export has had an impressive year with an increase of 6% compared to 2020, reaching nearly 9 billion USD. In which, the shrimp industry accounted for nearly 45% and the pangasius industry accounted for 18%, reaching $3.9 billion and $1.6 billion respectively. Regarding the general business activities, enterprises in the industry can be divided into two prominent directions: one is to reverse the current to recover strongly; the second is continuing the downward trend due to the inability to control rising costs.

(seafood. vasep.com.vn) In January, 2022, Viet Nam's seafood exports brought in $872 million, recording a record-high revenue in the first month of the years. The 44% growth signaled a prosperous year for the seafood industry.

This is one of the goals set in the new strategy on agricultural and rural development in the period 2021 – 2030, vision 2050, approved by Decision 150/QĐ-TTg on 28th January.

(vasep.com.vn) Around 15 Vietnam’s leading fishery suppliers will be attending the Seafood Expo North America from the 13th to 15th of March, 2022 after two years of cancellation by the Pandemic.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After the 9-day Lunar New Year holiday, many manufacturing enterprises in Vietnam have resumed business almost 100%. Saigon Saigon Aquatic product trading Joint Stock Company (APT CO) said, on the morning of February 8, the first container of red tilapia was exported to the Korean market. Besides, the company received orders from customers in the markets of Australia, UK, Netherlands, Japan...

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2021, Vietnam exported seafood to nearly 170 markets. Only a few markets saw a decrease in seafood imports from Vietnam such as Japan, which decreased by nearly 7%, and China by 18%. Exports to other markets all grew positively such as the US increased by 27%, to the EU increased by 12%, South Korea increased by 5%, Australia increased by 16%, Russia increased by 21%. Exports to many other markets had a breakthrough growth such as Mexico up 49%, the Philippines up 66%, Israel up 41%, Brazil up 47%, Colombia up 73%...

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2021, Vietnamese seafood exporters have experienced ups and downs because of the Covid epidemic. Accordingly, in the third quarter of the year, production and exports declined due to restrictive measures and social distancing to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic. However, after easing the social distancing restrictions under Resolution 128, seafood exports quickly recovered and increased sharply in the last quarter of the year, bringing the whole year export result to $8.9 billion, an increase of nearly 6%. compared to 2020.

Import and export activities at Mong Cai International Border Gate (Quang Ninh) are cleared again after the Tet holiday.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2021, seafood exports have increased mainly thanks to the form of fresh/frozen/dried products. The total value of exported processed seafood products (HS code 16) accounted for 28%, reaching nearly 2.5 billion USD, nearly equivalent to 2020. Meanwhile, live, fresh, dried and frozen aquatic products, surimi, fish cakes... (HS code 03) achieved export value of 6.4 billion USD, up 6.5% and accounting for 72% of total seafood export value.

In 2021, Vietnam's seafood exports overcome the pandemic and bring in $8.9 billion. Seafood exports to the US market reached a record of 2 billion USD. Seafood exports to China fell to the lowest level in 5 years. The average price of seafood exports to major markets increased by 10-30% on average...

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2021, Ca Mau province leads the country in seafood export turnover, with over 1 billion USD, accounting for more than 11% of the country's seafood export. Following is Soc Trang province with 986 million USD, accounting for nearly 11%. Ranked 3rd with a turnover of 922 million USD, Ho Chi Minh City accounts for 10% of seafood turnover of the country.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2021, Bac Lieu's seafood exports will reach 73,790 tons and a turnover of more than 776 million USD. In which, frozen shrimp brought in over 755 million USD.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Although the raging Covid epidemic, especially in the third quarter, made people worried about the target of $ 8.8 billion. But miraculously, Vietnam's seafood exports have made a spectacular comeback in the last months of the year, bringing the full year 2021 results above expectations with over $8.9 billion, up 6% compared to 2020