(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs, in 2012, ASEAN ranked third among Vietnam’s importers of fish paste and surimi products, after South Korea and Japan. Through August 2013, ASEAN has passed Japan to be the second largest market for the products with US$27.3 million, up 14.8 percent against the same period of 2012 and represented 20.3 percent in national surimi exports.