(vasep.com.vn) In 2012, Vietnam seafood was exported to 156 markets with total export turnover of US$6.13 billion, equating to the level of 2011. Top 10 largest importers of Vietnam seafood were the U.S., EU, Japan, South Korea, China, ASEAN, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Russia, representing about 85 percent of Vietnam seafood’s total export value.

Vietnamese seafood producers are prepared to embark on a long battle against a US Department of Commerce anti-subsidy investigation to see whether the country and six others have been engaged in unfair trade practices.

Indonesian Fishery and Marine Ministry forecast fishery exports will rise to 5 billion U.S. dollars this year from 3.28 billion U.S. dollars last year despite slowing global economy, an official said here Wednesday.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2012, Vietnam tuna sales to markets marked at US$569.4 million, a year-on-year increase of 50.1 percent. Vietnam’s tuna products was shipped to 96 spots on the world in which the U.S. remained as the largest consumer with a proportion of over 40 percent out of the country’s total tuna export value.

According to Peru's Office for Trade Promotion and Investment, the country will boost its seafood exports to the US market.

Thailand’s tuna producers took a severe knockdown last year, as they shipped a dramatic 23% less in tuna products to the US in 2012 compared to 2011.

In October 2011, the MOA published its 12th Five Year (2011-2015) Development Plan for Fishery.

The volume of exports of Norwegian salmon and Norwegian fjord trout in 2012 totalled 1.1 million tonnes. This is 174,000 tonnes or 18 per cent more than in the previous year and marks a new record volume of salmon exports.

India’s marine product exports have fallen year-on-year in the April-September 2012-13 period by 6.91 per cent in quantity and 16.60 per cent in USD earnings, according to provisional figures.

(vasep.com.vn) According to report of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), demand for tuna in EU and the U.S. continues to weaken. Raw tuna consumption in Japan has been sliding over the years.

Shrimp farms across eastern Thailand have been viciously struck by outbreaks of EMS (early mortality syndrome), also known as AHPNS (acute hepatopancreatic necrosis syndrome), and the situation seems worse than reported.

Indonesian shrimp exporters will give an explanation on Tuesday to the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) following the commission’s preliminary investigation into an alleged government subsidy case.

(vasep.com.vn) Shrimp exports in 2012 brought Vietnam about over US$2.23 billion. Although failing to reach the set target, the achievement affirmed the quality of Vietnam shrimp and its supply in the world market in a thorny year as 2012.

(vasep.com.vn) There are about 20 Vietnam surimi exporters to South Korea. Until the middle of December 2012, exports of fish paste and surimi to South Korea generated US$106.4 million, representing an increase of 47.3 percent over the same period of 2011 and accounting for over 40 percent of Vietnam’s total seafood exports to the market.

EMS and bad weather in the south limiting shrimp supply in Thailand. Thai raw material shrimp prices are expected to remain high until the second quarter of 2013 due to limited supply caused from early mortality syndrome (EMS) and bad weather in the south, analysts told IntraFish.