(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After the continuous growth in the first 6 months of 2018, Vietnam's cephalopod sales to South Korea decreased in July 2018. According to statistics of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to South Korea in July 2018 reached nearly US$ 20 million, down 2.8% over July 2017.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) While Vietnam’s cephalopod sales to other major markets decreased, exports to Russia remained the impressive growth. From the beginning of the year, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to Russia posted the continuous growth. In the first seven months of this year, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to Russia hit nearly US$3.2 million, an increase of 334% over the same period in 2017. Vietnam mainly shipped fresh/live/frozen cephalopod to this market. Of that, exports of fresh/live/frozen octopus accounted for more than 88% of Vietnam's cephalopod export value to Russia.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After a slow growth in June, Vietnam's cephalopod sales in July fell by 15% compared with July 2017, reaching US$54 million. Exports to most major markets such as South Korea, Japan, the EU and ASEAN decreased compared with the same period last year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Russia's cephalopod imports fell in the first five months of 2018. According to Russian customs statistics, in the first five months of this year Russia imported more than 4,000 MT of cephalopod from other countries, down 6% over the same period in 2017.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) While seafood exports encounter difficulties selling to the EU, many Vietnamese cephalopod enterprises currently shifted their exports to Thailand. The country was the seventh largest importer of cephalopod in the world and also the largest buyer in ASEAN which currently increased imports from Vietnam.

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(seafood.vasep.com.vn) From January to May 2018, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to ASEAN witnessed the fluctuation. However, with the good growth rate in the January and April, ASEAN stayed as the 3rd largest buyer of Vietnamese cephalopod. The region became a potential export market of Vietnam while exports to main markets faced difficulties.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the past two years, Vietnam’s exports to China rebounded and continued to record the good growth rate. China held as the fifth largest importing market for Vietnamese cephalopod, picking up 8% of Vietnam’s total cephalopod export value to the market.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On 22nd August 2018, Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition 2018 (VIETFISH 2018) hosted by VASEP officially opened at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center with the largest scale in the last 20 years.

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(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s cephalopod exports in Apr 2018 recorded a slight decrease. However, thanks to the good growth in the previous three months, the total export value of this product in the first 4 months of this year increased by 12.5%, reaching nearly US$176 million.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) With favorable natural conditions, the marine product industry of Vietnam is growing rapidly and marine product export activities are being promoted. Marine product exports always account for more than 30% of total export value.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first three months of 2018, the EU continued to stay as the third largest importer of Vietnam cephalopod. The export value of Vietnam cephalopod to the EU in this period reached US$17.3 million, a decrease of 13.5% over the same period of 2017.