Compared to the 2017 plan of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the total output completed 48.2% of the plan; in which capture production completed 55.4% of the plan and aquaculture output completed 42.8% of the plan (brackish shrimp output completed 29.5% of the plan, pangasius output completed 47.8% of the plan).
According to the General Department of Customs, as of June 15th 2017, Vietnam’s seafood exports valued at US$3.18 billion. The figure in the first half of the year was US$3.6 billion, up 14.4% on par with the same period of 2016, completing 50.7% of the plan. According to the General Statistics Office, the value of seafood production in QII/2017 reached VND91,896.5 billion, up 5.17% year on year, of which, that for aquaculture estimated at over VND50 trillion, up 5.4%, and that for capture was nearly VND42 trillion, up 4.9%.
In the first half of 2017, the area for brackish water shrimp farming estimated at 625.2 thousand hectares, an increase of 2.9% over the same period of 2016. Of that, the farming area for black tiger shrimp was 580,2 thousand ha, that for whiteleg shrimp was 45,000 ha. In the period, shrimp production totaled 195 thousand MT, up 7.7% over the same period, of which black tiger shrimp output hit 115 MT and whiteleg shrimp output reached 80 MT. In the first 6 months of the year, the area for pangasius farming touched 3.2 thousand ha, equal to the same period of 2016, with the output of 550 thousand MT, up 4.7%
In the Northern fishing season of 2016-2017, the total capture output increased by 5.04% from a year before, of which, marine catch went up 4.84%.
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Competent ministries, sectors and localities should continue efforts to lift the European Commission’s “yellow card” against the Vietnamese seafood products for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as an inspection team of the commission will visit Vietnam soon, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to data from Vietnam Customs, in March 2024, Vietnamese pangasius export turnover to markets reached 156 million USD, down 14% over the same period. Vietnam pangasius export value in QI/2024 reached 411 million USD, down 3% compared to QI/2023.
(vasep.com.vn) According to data from the Department of Fisheries, as of March 20, 2024, the shrimp farming area reached about 348,670 hectares, including 334,799 hectares of black tiger prawn farming area and 13,871 hectares of white leg shrimp farming area.
(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.
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