Thailand stayed as the largest buyer of Vietnam’s pangasius in ASEAN, making up 2.8%, equal to the export value of the Netherlands (the largest importer in EU). Therefore, Vietnam’s pangasius exports to Southeast Asia, including Thailand are increasingly growing.
According to the ITC, in the first 10 months of this year, imports of whitefish products, including Vietnam's pangasius into Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines recorded good growth. The average import value into Thailand ranged from US$3.45 to 8.3 million per month, while that into Singapore was about US$2.3-5.5 million per month.
Viet Nam claimed as the main supplier of pangasius to Thailand. In recent years, imports of some seafood items from Viet Nam into Thailand such as shrimp, squid, octopus, tuna, as well as pangasius remained stable.
Besides pangasius from Viet Nam, Thailand also imported some whitefish products from the US, Russia and Norway for processing and re-exporting such as frozen Alaska pollock, frozen cod.
Through the end of 2016, total export value of Vietnam’s pangasius to ASEAN forecasted to rise by 5% over the previous year.
Imports of whitefish products into ASEAN, Jan-Oct 2016 (Thousand US$) |
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Markets |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Thailand |
3,661 |
3,452 |
5,848 |
6,720 |
8,341 |
6,240 |
4,146 |
7,648 |
6,659 |
6,177 |
Malaysia |
3,283 |
2,483 |
3,590 |
2,927 |
4,202 |
2,736 |
3,082 |
3,097 |
3,090 |
2,822 |
Brunei |
97 |
48 |
119 |
3 |
54 |
151 |
6 |
51 |
- |
- |
Indonesia |
277 |
263 |
48 |
261 |
35 |
256 |
37 |
- |
- |
- |
Philippines |
104 |
5 |
43 |
- |
29 |
61 |
219 |
- |
22 |
- |
Singapore |
5,581 |
2,392 |
3,425 |
2,959 |
2,694 |
4,425 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Total |
13,003 |
8,643 |
13,073 |
12,870 |
15,355 |
13,869 |
7,490 |
10,796 |
9,771 |
8,999 |
Source: ITC |
Imports of whitefish products into Thailand, Jan-Oct 2016 (Thousand US$) |
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Products |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Jan-Oct 2016 |
Frozen pangasius and catfish fillets (HS 030462) |
3,142 |
2,812 |
4,567 |
3,152 |
3,790 |
4,541 |
3,203 |
4,125 |
3,290 |
3,276 |
35,898 |
Alaska pollock meat (HS 030494) |
66 |
123 |
271 |
1,750 |
2,880 |
1,086 |
199 |
336 |
1,197 |
1,605 |
9,513 |
Frozen Alaska fish (HS 030367) |
44 |
- |
537 |
1,242 |
960 |
23 |
221 |
2,826 |
1,312 |
594 |
7,759 |
Frozen Alaska fish fillets (HS 030475) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
172 |
- |
39 |
2 |
20 |
278 |
511 |
Frozen cod (HS 030363) |
109 |
96 |
153 |
269 |
299 |
331 |
284 |
177 |
612 |
194 |
2,524 |
Frozen tilapia fillets (HS 030461) |
79 |
- |
113 |
115 |
113 |
145 |
7 |
4 |
35 |
106 |
717 |
Frozen hake (HS 030366) |
6 |
160 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
51 |
68 |
- |
54 |
339 |
Frozen cod fillets (HS 030471) |
147 |
63 |
52 |
131 |
53 |
67 |
99 |
12 |
77 |
26 |
727 |
Frozen tilapia (HS 030323) |
27 |
144 |
48 |
5 |
33 |
- |
4 |
22 |
46 |
22 |
351 |
Fresh/chilled cod (HS 030251) |
22 |
44 |
38 |
28 |
27 |
28 |
31 |
37 |
30 |
18 |
303 |
Written by Ta Ha
Compiled by Dieu Thuy
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