(vasep.com.vn) EU has been a big exporter of Vietnam. With a strong growth at 107% year-on-year, Spain is the third biggest market for cephalopod from Vietnam.
As reported, accumulated value of Vietnam cephalopod exports to Spain from January to November 2014 is US$ 4.8 million.
It is noted that from 2013, cephalopod exports from Vietnam to Spain was affected by economic crisis. After a long period from 2013 lasting till QI/2014, cephalopod exports to Spain showed a staggering increase at 125-493% up year on year while Italian market cooled down from the overheating growth in 2013.
Latest statistics of the ITC showed that in the first 9 months of 2014, despite fierce competitions, Vietnam ranked 15th in the top cephalopod suppliers for Spain.
In 2014, major of cephalopod imports of Spain, accounting for around 50-65%, was squid frozen, dried, salted or in brine (HS code 030749). This was followed by frozen octopus (HS code 030759) with 27-40% in the total import volume. Meanwhile, processed cephalopod (HS code 160554-55) accounted for less than 3%.
Morocco and The Falkland Islands are two major origins for most Spanish cephalopod imports, occupying 50-73% of the total import value. Morocco, though have been exporting to Spain for many years, presented reduction, resulting from large supplies from Asia countries such as China, India and Vietnam.
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Cephalopod imports of Spain January- September 2014 (US$ thousand)
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No
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Origin
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Jan-Sep 2014
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TG
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60,188
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54,610
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64,567
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62,100
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83,480
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63,846
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73,090
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64,770
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80,100
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606,751
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1
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Morocco
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32,260
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23,262
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28,935
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24,487
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19,958
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24,251
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31,274
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30,124
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41,332
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255,883
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2
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Falkland
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2,027
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4,485
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3,246
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1,798
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20,293
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12,107
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13,633
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7,988
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8,690
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74,267
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3
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Portugal
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3,772
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2,939
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5,279
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5,378
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6,552
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3,243
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2,979
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4,201
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6,254
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40,597
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4
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China
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1,916
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2,356
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1,322
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1,810
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4,121
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3,945
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5,979
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6,423
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4,284
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32,156
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5
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India
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5,335
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3,919
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6,180
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6,525
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6,343
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4,903
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4,000
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2,540
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3,661
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43,406
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6
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France
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3,330
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1,791
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2,064
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2,072
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1,918
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1,383
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2,180
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3,090
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3,383
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21,211
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7
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Mauritania
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2,275
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6,157
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6,983
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8,855
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11,122
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5,555
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3,141
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1,258
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2,744
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48,090
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8
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South Africa
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112
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1,268
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1,534
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459
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132
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287
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187
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3
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1,706
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5,688
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9
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Senegal
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760
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673
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643
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915
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958
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1,161
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1,541
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2,775
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1,225
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10,651
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10
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Italy
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1,452
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1,265
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588
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1,127
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2,445
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660
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1,108
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423
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1,225
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10,293
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11
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UK
|
386
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311
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433
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100
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392
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727
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734
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763
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926
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4,772
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12
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Namibia
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758
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622
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1,081
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1,112
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846
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607
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800
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1,136
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902
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7,864
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13
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Netherlands
|
129
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211
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268
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114
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373
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228
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190
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288
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669
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2,470
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14
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The US
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809
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402
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1,156
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635
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1,170
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637
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1,502
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642
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563
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7,516
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15
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Vietnam
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274
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335
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-
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365
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142
|
353
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682
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530
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450
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3,131
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