(seafood.vasep.com.vn) During the first four months of 2026, Vietnam’s pangasius exports to CPTPP member countries reached nearly USD 128 million, accounting for 18% of the country’s total pangasius export value and increasing by 21% compared to the same period in 2025. Demand patterns varied significantly across the bloc: Mexico primarily imported fresh and frozen pangasius products, while Japan and Canada recorded substantial shares of processed products. Australia remained focused on frozen fillets but continued to maintain a portion of processed imports.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s pangasius exports have shown encouraging signs of recovery in 2026. In the first four months of the year, total export turnover reached USD 720 million, up 17% compared to the same period last year. This result reflects improving demand across many markets, as well as the efforts of Vietnamese pangasius enterprises to maintain production, secure orders, and adapt to changing market conditions.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs data, pangasius exports in April 2026 reached USD 206 million, up 18% compared to the same period in 2025 — marking another consecutive month of double-digit growth since the beginning of the year. Cumulative pangasius export turnover in the first four months of 2026 reached USD 720 million, up 17% year-on-year, reflecting the positive growth momentum of this key export product.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first quarter of 2026, Vietnam’s pangasius exports to the ASEAN bloc reached USD 44 million, up 7% compared to the same period in 2025. After falling to the lowest level of the quarter at USD 9 million in February — reflecting the seasonal slowdown in orders after the festive period — exports recovered strongly to USD 18 million in March, the highest monthly value of the quarter. This development shows that import demand for pangasius in ASEAN remains relatively stable despite short-term fluctuations.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2025, Vietnam’s pangasius export turnover reached nearly USD 2.2 billion, up 8% year-on-year. This result indicates that pangasius exports maintained their growth momentum despite significant volatility in the global market environment. In December 2025, pangasius export value reached USD 200 million, up 10% compared to December 2024. This solid performance in the final month of the year reflects increased import demand for consumption and inventory replenishment in key markets.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) By the end of November 2025, Vietnam’s total pangasius export turnover had exceeded the $2 billion threshold, registering a 9% compared with the same period in 2024. In November alone, pangasius exports reached $195 million, also posting a 9% increase year-on-year, underscoring a stable recovery trajectory for the sector in the final months of the year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's Pangasius export turnover in September 2025 reached $181 million, an increase of 5% compared to the same period in 2024. The general trend of the Pangasius industry remained positive, reflected by the total export value in the first nine months of 2025 reaching nearly $1.6 billion, up 9% year-on-year.

(seafood.vasep.com) According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, pangasius exports in the first half of June 2025 reached 86 million USD, up 6% year-on-year. As of June 15th 2025, cumulative pangasius export value stood at 911 million USD, marking an 11% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) over the past two decades, the Vietnam's pangasius industry has firmly established an undeniable position in the global market. With export revenues consistently surpassing 2 billion USD annually, pangasius has played a key role in elevating Vietnam to the ranks of leading seafood-exporting nations. However, the value chain of Vietnamese pangasius still heavily relies on low value-added primary processed products, most notably frozen fillets under HS code 0304.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the context of Vietnam's pangasius exports to the EU facing fierce competition due to technical regulations and sustainable consumption trends, the South American market, particularly the Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay), is emerging as a promising alternative destination. With ongoing negotiations for a Vietnam-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the prospect of turning Mercosur into a "second EU" for Vietnamese pangasius is becoming increasingly clear.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vinh Hoan Seafood (stock code VHC) announced that its export turnover to three key markets— the U.S., EU, and China—grew between 32% and 40% in November 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vinh Hoan Corp is currently the largest exporter of Vietnamese pangasius fillet to the US, with a market share significantly higher than other listed companies.

According to Vietnam Customs, the export of value-added pangasius in the first eight months of 2024 has been evaluated as quite positive, with continuous growth in many major markets such as the United States, CPTPP, and the Netherlands...

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to data from Vietnam Customs, in February 2024, pangasius export turnover reached more than 90 million USD, down 42% compared to the same period last year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The average price of Vietnamese pangasius exports to the Chinese market decreased by 10% over the same period last year, from $2.42/kg in 2022 to $2.19/kg. The two main product lines exported to China are frozen pangasius fillets and cuts (HS code 0304) accounting for 68% of the value with more than 91 million USD, down 32% over the same period last year and fresh pangasius/ frozen/dried whole, cut into pieces (except fish under code 0304) accounted for 32% with nearly 42 million USD, up 7% over the same period in 2022.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to statistics of Vietnam Customs, in the first quarter of 2023, Vietnam's pangasius exports to China and Hong Kong markets decreased by 22% to nearly 143 million USD. In which, pangasius exports to China reached 133 million USD, down 23% over the same period last year. Despite the decline, China still ranks first in the top markets for importing Vietnamese pangasius.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The pangasius industry of the southern province of Dong Thap has now expanded its export markets to 134 countries, including high-end markets such as Europe and the US.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) At the Annual shareholders meeting of 2021, CL-FISH CORP said, the company had planned to reach net revenue of 1,400 billion VND and profit before tax of 80 billion VND. However, it only achieved 86.6% and 59.7% respectively of the target. The company had also set a target of exporting 17,000 tons of finished pangasius with a total value of 40 million USD, but the actual result in 2021 only achieved 61% and 62.5% of the plan.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) With the impressive business results in the first quarter, "The Queen of Pangasius" Vinh Hoan Corp traded at the highest price since its listing (December 24, 2007), at around 100,000 VND/share.

(seafood. vasep.com.vn) In 2021, Russia is one of the potential markets, shining in the picture of Vietnam's pangasius exports with a value of 32.5 million USD, up 72.5% compared to in the same period last year. However, starting in 2022, pangasius exports to this market are experiencing problems and contain many uncertainties.