(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Until Sep 2016, export turnover of almost seafood products by Vietnam showed the growth or slight decline on par with the same period of last year. In particularly, shrimp exports rose 5.6%; pangasius up 6.2%; tuna up 3.8%; other finfish up 7.3%, crab and other crustacean up 10.4% and mollusk downed 3.4%.

There are some great reasons for optimism regarding expanding fish and seafood exports to the Russian market, says the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (Vasep).

The country’s seafood exports are expected to reach 7 billion USD this year, a year-on-year increase of 5.5 percent, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (Vasep).

The export value of agro-forestry-fishery products in the first ten months of this year reached 26.4 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 6.3 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first 9 months of this year, fishery production of Ho Chi Minh city (Vietnam) estimated at 35,880 MT, down 3.3% over the same period last year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first 8 months of 2016, excluding cephalopod, Vietnam exports of most seafood items showed the positive growth.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first 9 months of this year, shrimp export turnover of Ngoc Tri Seafood joint stock company (Ngoc Tri Seafood) amounted to over US$50 million, equal to that in 2015.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) will conduct an auction of 286,500 shares of Cafatex Fishery Joint Stock Company, with the starting price at VND101,100 per share.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first half of this year, the net revenue of Vietnam Seaproducts – Joint Stock Corporation (Seaprodex) (sales of goods and customer services) valued at VND741.6 billion, down from the same period the previous year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs, as of mid- Aug 2016, Vietnam seafood exports amounted to nearly US$4 billion, up 5% over the same period last year. The figure in Jan-Aug 2016 was estimated at about US$4.36 billion, an increase of 4% year on year.

Vietnam seafood exports were estimated to reach US$4.3 billion, inching up 4.1% to in the first eight months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has predicted that turnover of the country's seafood exports will reach $7 billion for the year.

Domestic enterprises will have to import more unprocessed seafood to turn out products for export due to an undersupply at home, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first half of 2016, Vietnam seafood exports totaled US$3.15 billion USD, up 4% over the same period last year, thanks to the recovery in the demand for shrimp and pangasius.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Ben Tre Aquaproduct Im-Ex JSC (Aquatex Bentre - ABT) based in Ben Tre province has announced business results of QII/2016 and the first 6 months of 2016.