VASEP joined in Seafood Expo North America
(vasep.com.vn) The 2014 Seafood Expo North America lasted from March 16-18 in Boston city, Massachusetts State.Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and the country's 18 leading seafood enterprises attended the Expo in a bid to introduce their quality products to local consumers, seek new partners in the U.S. and expand consuming market for Vietnam seafood.
Aquatic products rank the fourth among Vietnam's exports to the U.S. with over US$1.5 billion in turnover in 2013, making up 22.6 percent of total seafood exports. Two-way trade between Vietnam and the U.S. reported a 130-fold increase to total US$30 billion last year, of which Vietnam's exports to the U.S. valued at US$23.9 billion.
The 2014 Seafood Expo North America attracts about 19,000 buyers and suppliers of fresh, frozen and packaged seafood products, equipments used in fishery industry from more than 100 countries across the world.