Over the past 10 years, Vietnam mainly exports frozen tuna loins/fillets to France, accounting for over 76%. The export value of frozen tuna loins/fillets to the market increased steadily in the period (2007-2013), from US$1.5 million in 2007 to US$3.9 million in 2013.
However, from 2014 to 2016, Vietnam’s shipments of frozen tuna loins/fillets to France tended to decrease. Exports of processed and canned tuna declined from US$3.9 million in 2013 to US$1.4 million in 2016.
Vietnam's exports of fresh/live/frozen/dried tuna to France were on the downward trend after peaking at US$170,000 in 2010 from US$12,000. By the end of 2016, sales of this item to France dropped to US$8.2 thousand.
VIETNAM TUNA EXPORTS TO FRANCE BY PRODUCTS, 2012 - 2016 (US$) |
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Products |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
Canned tuna (HS 16) |
|
392,700 |
343,400 |
170,680 |
|
Proportion |
|
7.4 |
8.5 |
12.5 |
|
Variation (%) |
|
|
-12.6 |
-50.3 |
|
Other processed tuna (HS 16) |
23,887 |
620,970 |
273,639 |
23,022 |
103,096 |
Proportion |
0.6 |
11.7 |
6.8 |
1.7 |
6.9 |
Variation (%) |
158.5 |
2,499.6 |
-55.9 |
-91.6 |
347.8 |
Live/fresh/frozen/dried (HS 03) (except for HS 0304) |
4,772 |
411,916 |
|
129,052 |
8,234 |
Proportion |
0.1 |
7.8 |
|
9.4 |
0.6 |
Variation (%) |
-96.7 |
8,531.2 |
-100.0 |
|
-93.6 |
Tuna HS 0304 |
3,771,531 |
3,867,813 |
3,418,222 |
1,047,401 |
1,373,778 |
Proportion |
99.2 |
73.1 |
84.7 |
76.4 |
92.5 |
Variation (%) |
1.6 |
2.6 |
-11.6 |
-69.4 |
31.2 |
Total |
3,800,190 |
5,293,399 |
4,035,261 |
1,370,155 |
1,485,109 |
Variation (%) |
-1.7 |
39.3 |
-23.8 |
-66.0 |
8.4 |
Over the past 4 years, the demand for tuna in France has decreased which led to a rise in tuna imports from other countries, including Vietnam.
The Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand stayed as top leading suppliers of tuna to France with the tax of approximately 20.5% -24%.
In the coming time, Vietnamese enterprises expected to boost shipments of high value tuna products to the market.
It is necessary to develop more detailed and consistent regulations on seafood production for export in line with the implementation of solutions towards sustainable and responsible fishing practices.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After increasing to the highest level in 2022, Canada's tuna imports in 2023 dropped to the lowest level in the past 10 years, reaching 35 thousand tons, down 24% over the year. Canada is currently one of the 15 largest tuna import markets in the world.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Chile, one of the countries participating in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), has tended to increase tuna imports from Vietnam in the past 3 years. According to statistics from Vietnam Customs, this South American country imported nearly 3 million USD of tuna products from Vietnam in the first 2 months of 2024, an increase of 58% over the same period in 2023.
Economic and social development activities, overexploitation, pollution, diseases, and climate change have adversely affected the ecological environment, leading to a severe decline or the extinction of many precious indigenous aquatic species.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The prices of pangasius fingerlings and raw pangasius in ponds fell in March, following steady increases in the first two months of this year.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In February 2024, the average export price of Vietnamese pangasius to markets increased by 4%, although the volume decreased by 40% compared to the previous month.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) There was a 6% decline in Vietnam's pangasius exports to Brazil in February 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, with the total value reaching 6 million USD.
(vasep.com.vn) In the first two months of 2024, Poland—which ranks as Vietnam's fourth-largest EU supplier of tuna—became a noteworthy market. Vietnam's tuna exports value to Poland increased by 786% in comparison to the same period last year, totaling over $2 million USD and contributing about 2% of the country's overall tuna exports revenue.
Regulations on the protection and sustainable development of aquatic resources, Việt Nam's legitimate rights at sea in accordance with international law and the achievements that the country has carved out to remove the European Union’s “yellow card” will be brought closer to local people.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to data from Vietnam Customs, in January 2024, Vietnamese pangasius exports to Germany decreased by 30% compared to last year and reached only nearly 2 million USD.
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