Egyptians like to eat canned tuna with bread. Currently, the item has become so popular in the country because of its reasonable price for native living, and it is considered as a source of protein from meat. Canned tuna is being sold everywhere in Egypt, from small grocery stores to big supermarkets.
From 2007 to 2012, tuna imports into Egypt jumped from US$46 million to the highest level of US$220 million. However, the country's tuna imports dropped dramatically by 32% to US$149 million in 2013 and then recovered in the next years with the growth of 10% per year.
Egypt currently imported tuna from 12 countries around the world. Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, China and Italy were top 6 largest tuna suppliers to the Egyptian market by the end of 2016.
Of the suppliers, ASEAN countries have accounted for over 91% of the total value of tuna imports into Egypt over the past 10 years. The value of tuna imports from ASEAN countries ranged from US$44 to US$214 million. Thus, the fluctuation in supplies from ASEAN countries has a great impact on Egypt’s tuna imports.
Tuna imports from Vietnam into the market made up the share of 0.1% to 1.8%.
According to statistics of Vietnam Customs, Egypt was the 2nd largest tuna buyer of Vietnam in Middle East. In the past 10 years, Vietnam's tuna export value to the market has increased, from US$152,000 to US$4.2 million. In the first 7 months of this year, Vietnam's tuna exports to Egypt reached nearly US$1.4 million, up 1.5% compared to the same period last year.
Vietnam currently ranked the 3rd largest tuna supplier to the Egyptian market, behind Thailand and Indonesia. In the last two years, tuna imports from Thailand and Indonesia into Egypt decreased while those from Vietnam increased. The reason was that the price of skipjack tuna increased; therefore, the country looked for other cheaper supplies, including Vietnam. In the coming time, Vietnam’s tuna exports to the market expected to continue the upward trend.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's tuna exports reached around $84 million in March 2024, a 17% rise. Vietnam's total tuna export revenue for the first three months of 2024 was $215 million, up 19% from the same time in 2023 but down 17% from 2022. It is anticipated that tuna exports may miss the billion-dollar mark as in 2022 at this rate and the difficulties the business faces.
Vietnam raked in over US$200 million from exporting tuna to 86 markets worldwide during the first quarter of the year, representing a rise of 19% against the same period from last year.
Vietnam’s pangasius export to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reached more than 7 million USD in the first quarter of this year, a rise of 67% against the same period last year. UAE mainly imported frozen fillets from Vietnam.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to data from General Department of Vietnam Customs, the UK imported nearly $3 million worth of pangasius from Vietnam in the first half of March 2024. Cumulative pangasius exports to this market reached $12 million as of March 15, 2024, down 3% from the same period last year.
Total export revenue from agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first three months of this year is estimated at 13.53 billion USD, up 21.8% over the same period last year; and this results in a trade surplus of 3.36 billion USD, a rise of 96.5%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The southernmost locality is developing shrimp farming models that generate large outputs but are environment-friendly.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) An Giang province's aquaculture output is predicted to reach 172.3 thousand tons in the first quarter of 2024, up 6.37% (+10.3 thousand tons) from the same time the previous year.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to data from Vietnam Customs, as of March 15, 2024, Vietnam's cephalopod exports reached more than 109 million USD, a slight decrease of 3% compared to the same period in 2023. In the first quarter of this year, Vietnam's cephalopod exports are expected to reach about 136 million USD, down 2% over the same period last year.
(vasep.com.vn) According to statistics from the International Trade Centre (ITC), Portugal is the 6th largest tuna importer in the EU. In 2023, the country's tuna imports from other countries increased by 9% compared to 2022, reaching nearly 241 million USD.
(vasep.com.vn) Vinh Hoan Corporation has just announced supplementary documents for the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled to be held on April 17.
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