Surimi exports up 5.7% year on year
In QIII/2015, surimi exports from Vietnam valued US$78.782 million, down 4.4% year on year. Through September, surimi exports reached US$217,8 million, up 5.7% year on year.
In the first 9 months of 2015, surimi from Vietnam was destined to 39 markets, adding 5 markets from the same period in 2014. Exports to top 8 markets occupied 99% of total crab exports from Vietnam. These markets included South Korea, ASEAN, Japan, China - Hong Kong, the EU, Russia, Taiwan and the US.
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Vietnam surimi exports to markets (Unit: US$ million)
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Markets
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QI/2015
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QII/2015
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Jul 2015
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Aug 2015
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Sep 2015
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QIII/2015
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Variation (%)
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Jan-Sep /2015
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Variation (%)
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South Korea
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18.107
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25.273
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7.357
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9.101
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10.038
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26.495
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-6.7
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69.875
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+4.7
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ASEAN
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16.676
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23.772
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6.176
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7.857
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7.019
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21.053
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+31.3
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61.501
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+29.5
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Thailand
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11.982
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18.705
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4.602
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5.301
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4.918
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14.821
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+44.6
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45.508
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+45.8
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Singapore
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2.903
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3.557
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0.985
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1.315
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1.250
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3.550
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-10.8
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10.009
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-5.4
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Malaysia
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1.700
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1.418
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0.549
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1.200
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0.851
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2.600
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+44.4
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5.719
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+1.4
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Japan
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6.586
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10.709
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3.264
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2.954
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2.797
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9.015
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-3.4
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26.310
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+9.0
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China
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5.291
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10.050
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2.720
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3.227
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3.482
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9.429
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-40.4
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24.770
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-22.6
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Hong Kong
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0.243
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0.295
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0.084
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0.139
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0.224
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0.447
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+97.3
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0.985
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+5.1
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EU
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3.306
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5.544
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1.952
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2.214
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1.954
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6.120
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+29.1
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14.970
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-1.7
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France
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1.485
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4.592
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1.315
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1.599
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1.762
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4.675
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+67.4
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10.752
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+38.3
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Lithuania
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0.917
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0.232
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0.203
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0.292
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0.116
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0.611
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-17.9
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1.760
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-39.2
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Italy
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0.374
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0.149
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0.184
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0.249
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0.063
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0.496
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+58.1
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1.018
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+18.0
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Taiwan
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2.639
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2.725
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1.210
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1.226
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1.118
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3.554
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+14.6
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8.919
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+10.4
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Russia
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4.462
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1.484
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0.429
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0.745
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0.788
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1.962
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-43.7
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7.908
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-1.5
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The US
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0.349
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0.284
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0.017
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0.037
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0.059
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0.113
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-35.3
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0.746
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+3.5
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Other
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0.930
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0.802
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0.536
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0.267
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0.239
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1.041
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-20.4
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2.773
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-25.0
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Total
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58.347
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80.643
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23.660
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27.629
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27.492
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78.782
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-4.4
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217.771
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+5.7
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(Courtesy from Vasep's Report on Vietnam Seafood Exports in QIII/2015)