Specifically, as of 15th Mar 2018, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to Taiwan valued at US$1.1 million, up 85.3% over the same period in 2017. Currently, Vietnam mainly shipped live/fresh/frozen squid to this market, accounting for 64% of total export value, followed by processed octopus products with 26%.
Vietnam currently ranked the second largest supplier of cephalopod to Taiwan, picking up 18% of the total import value. China ranked the first with 42%; Japan ranked the third with 13%, followed by Indonesia with 8%.
In 2017, cephalopod imports into Taiwan reached just over 2,000 MT, worth by US$10.8 million, down 95% in volume and 87% in value compared to 2016.
Taiwan's cephalopod imports from major suppliers decreased, of which, imports from China, Vietnam and Indonesia decreased by 87%, 46% and 95%, respectively.
The average import price of cephalopod into Taiwan in 2017 quoted at US$5.2/kg, of which that from China reached US$7.9 / kg; that from Vietnam was US$3.7/kg; that from Japan was US$12.5/kg and that from Indonesia was US$4.3/kg.
As in previous years, Taiwan imported a lot of processed cephalopod products (HS code16), then from 2017, this country mainly imported processed and frozen/smoked /salted items.
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CEPHALOPOD IMPORTS INTO TAIWAN BY PRODUCTS (MT) |
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|
Products |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
Total |
25,916 |
20,141 |
34,892 |
39,389 |
2,065 |
|
Processed squid |
35 |
1,326 |
1,159 |
1,266 |
1,341 |
|
Frozen/smoked/salted squid |
24,943 |
18,062 |
32,945 |
37,075 |
463 |
|
Processed octopus |
14 |
174 |
189 |
245 |
254 |
|
Frozen/smoked/salted octopus |
920 |
574 |
593 |
747 |
4 |
|
Fresh/live/chilled octopus |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
Fresh/live/chilled squid |
3 |
3 |
4 |
54 |
|
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