With a proportion of 4.3 percent in Vietnam total pangasius sales, Brazil just ranked the sixth among Vietnam’s key importers in 2012. Between January and November 2013, there was 6.7 percent of Vietnamese exported pangasius shipped to this market, making it the fourth importer of Vietnam, after the U.S., the EU and ASEAN. In the context of many difficulties in pangasius sales to some big markets, exports of this kind of fish to Brazil showed a positive trend in 2013.
Pangasius from Vietnam made up of the third part in Brazil’s segment of imported frozen whitemeat fish fillets (HS0304), after Alaska pollock and hake. The International Trade Center (ITC) reported that, through November 2013, Brazil sourced 60,016 MT of Alaska pollock, up 25.5 percent compared to 47,786 MT in the compatible period of 2012. Imported pangasius products were 20,233 MT, up 75.3 percent compared to 11,544 MT a year ago and hake products were 23,239 MT, up 19.6 percent compared to 19,420 MT. This market had an increasingly stronger demand for whitemeat fishes in 2013.
Through November 2013, Brazil imported 159,887 MT of frozen fish fillets (HS0304); in which, Vietnam was the second supplier with 49,154 MT, after China.
Some sources in the market said that Brazil imported more Alaska pollock in 2013 because this kind of fish was sold at lower price than those of pangasius and hake. Through November 2013, imported Alaka pollock was US$1.9 per kilogram, compared to US$2.01 per kilogram for pangasius and US$3.15 per kilogram for hake.
During this period, this country only bought pangasius from Vietnam while there was no catfish cargo from other countries in the world. In the previous year, Brazil consumed catfish from Spain and China.
With a population of 195 million people and higher fish demand, Brazil is really a potential market for seafood products and Vietnamese pangasius in particular.
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Top 10 suppliers of frozen fish fillets to Brazil, Jan - Nov 2013, kg |
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Origin |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
|
Vietnam |
6,107,750 |
4,909,000 |
4,381,000 |
3,661,500 |
4,052,100 |
3,176,960 |
4,753,010 |
3,592,820 |
4,736,160 |
4,197,980 |
5,586,630 |
|
China |
8,222,654 |
8,931,349 |
9,163,338 |
3,523,848 |
4,381,238 |
5,555,572 |
5,688,320 |
5,796,306 |
6,056,196 |
5,263,559 |
4,813,693 |
|
Argentina |
3,313,763 |
2,635,263 |
2,741,142 |
2,113,188 |
2,161,789 |
1,947,979 |
1,954,377 |
1,924,809 |
2,099,813 |
2,573,877 |
2,484,729 |
|
Chile |
1,387,985 |
1,345,818 |
1,224,603 |
1,615,841 |
899,732 |
1,014,342 |
1,103,050 |
1,373,291 |
717,415 |
1,109,093 |
1,251,715 |
|
Portugal |
24,580 |
14,600 |
112,922 |
34,752 |
0 |
0 |
10,800 |
0 |
37,260 |
42,520 |
183,836 |
|
Uruguay |
203,957 |
190,400 |
130,934 |
99,114 |
89,406 |
78,732 |
169,808 |
136,610 |
139,834 |
106,258 |
47,802 |
|
Iceland |
113,546 |
89,968 |
248,697 |
241,576 |
217,890 |
111,240 |
215,256 |
87,300 |
42,240 |
43,844 |
43,204 |
|
New Zealand |
16,290 |
47,996 |
0 |
16,100 |
0 |
16,400 |
12,000 |
40,460 |
14,700 |
17,000 |
34,000 |
|
Thailand |
0 |
23,500 |
23,500 |
0 |
70,500 |
47,000 |
0 |
23,500 |
0 |
0 |
23,500 |
|
Spain |
38,355 |
14,300 |
5000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17,900 |
0 |
0 |
51,202 |
13,446 |
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