The Minister of Foreign Trade, Francisco Rivadeneira, held a dialogue with representatives of fishing associations, exporters and fisheries managers from various sectors to analyse the current situation of the sector and strengthen the markets.

China’s seafood exports appear to have softened in the first two months of the year, mirroring a weakening of the country’s overall exports sector. China shipped 550,000 metric tons (MT) of aquatic products worth USD 2.98 billion (EUR 2.2 billion), in January and February combined, down 7.9 percent and 9.1 percent respectively.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed a rule that would require certain shippers, receivers, and carriers who transport food by motor or rail vehicles to take steps to prevent the contamination of human and animal food during transportation. Part of the implementation of the Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 2005, the proposal marks the seventh and final major rule in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) central framework aimed at systematically building preventive measures across the food system.

After striving for months to prepare the ground for an ambitious trade and investment deal, Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan will complete their 5th round of substantive talks by April 4.

Viet Nam's exports to Turkey saw significant annual growth of 34 per cent, rising to US$185 million over the past two months, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

(vasep.com.vn) On April 10th 2014, the delegation of Mexican enterprises have made a fact-finding visit to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang with an aim to seeking opportunities to import frozen seafood from the province. The event helps to facilitate the locality's pangasius exports.

According to Fisheries Department

(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade, the country's export of main commodities in the first quarter of 2014 grew by 14.1 percent year on year. The total export turnover in the quarter touched US$33.35 billion, completing 23 percent of 2014's plan.

(vasep.com.vn) In recent years, fisheries sector has contributed to develop the economy of the Central Coast and occupied a high proportion in the total production of the local agriculture industry.

(vasep.com.vn) 700 – 800 thousand of fish seed are being farmed in this year for processing and exporting. By 2015, the figure will increase to 1.5 – 2 million ones.

France’s frozen food sales dropped in value for the first time in 20 years last year, driven by a drop in home consumption, reported Le Figaro.

Exporters said, marine products exports may touch about $4 billion in the 2013-14

In 2008 Naviqaved will reinforce

Upto November 2007 fishery production

(vasep.com.vn) The Administrative Council of Hanoi Sea Products Import Export Joint Stock Company (Seaprodex Hanoi) introduced its business plan for 2014 to keep its performance in all trading domains and limit risks in business operations. Accordingly, the company targets to reach VND300 billion of turnover, VND4 billion of profit before tax, US$14.2 million of imports, exports and services, US$1 million of sales of processed products.