(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the last months of 2015 and the early 2016, Vietnam bivalve mollusk exports reported the growth. Sales in Dec 2015 and Jan 2016 reported the year-on-year growth of 58.8% and 33.5%, respectively. However, the figure in Feb 2016 downed 21.8% and reached US$3.7 million.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to statistics from Vietnam customs, seafood exports to ASEAN countries in January-2016 is 35% higher than the last months of 2015. This reflects enterprises tend to boost exports to the market.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In January 2016, the total value of Vietnam seafood exports reached US$578.4 million, increase of 14.1%. Many businesses hope seafood exports will have a favourable year. However, this year while Vietnam step closer to the wide playing field of integration, seafood exports may encounter some presures.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam customs statistics, Vietnam seafood exports to ASEAN reached US$499.2 million last year, increase of more than 10% than 2014. Vietnam’s seafood exports to ASEAN markets jumped last year but slid in other markets including the United States, the European Union (EU) and Japan.

On December 12th 2014, at Iris hotel, SGS Viet Nam hold the seminar on “Consumption Trends Of Large Export Markets For Fishery Products; Fishery Industry In The Future & Corporate Social Responsibility” in combination with the opening ceremony of SGS Can Tho Office.

(vasep.com.vn) In QIII/2014, Vietnam seafood exports continued their upward trend thanks to surge in both demand and supply. In QIII/2014, total export value reached US$ 2.2 billion, up 15%, making yearly accumulated export value to US$ 5.8 billion, up 21% year on year.

Seafood exports from the country during the current fiscal are likely to fall short of last year's performance due to worsening conditions in Europe and a bad vanammei crop.

The market share of U.S. exports of seafood to Ukraine in 2012 increased to about 25%. However, the leading supplier of these products in the Ukrainian market fishery remains Norway.

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is in the process of forming a group within NFI to compile all of the science related to CO and filtered wood smoke treatments for seafood.

As many as 10 commodities recorded an export turnover of over 1 billion USD in the first quarter of this year.

At a time when the seafood industry is facing a crisis with sluggish markets and declining wild catches, tuna arrival has come as a windfall.

Seafood consumption in China has been boosted by fears over poultry as bird flu continues to claim local lives.

Chilean salmon, Thai shrimp and fishmeal show noticeable year-on-year drop in February.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said in the first quarter of the year export turnover reached around US$1.2 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 8 percent.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam seafood exports in first 8 months of 2014 is estimated to reach US$5 billion, up 20% over the same period of 2013. The growth was seen mostly in shrimp exports to all foreign markets of Vietnam. Sales of cephalopod, crab and other marine fish species were also increasing through months. However, pangasius products saw slight drop and tuna saw deep fall in exports.