(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After reaching a peak of nearly USD 6 million in June 2024, the export value of Vietnamese tuna to Italy has stagnated and continuously declined in the last five months of the year. Cumulatively, by December 15, 2024, export turnover to this market decreased by 18% compared to the same period in 2023, reaching over USD 30 million. With this decline, Italy is no longer Vietnam's largest tuna import market within the EU bloc.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first half of 2021, Vietnam's tuna exports to Italy continued to grow at a high rate of triple digits. In June alone, the value of tuna exports to this market jumped 283% over the same period in 2020, reaching nearly $2.1 million. Accumulated in the first 6 months of 2021, the export value of tuna to Italy reached nearly 22.5 million USD, up 130% over the same period in 2020.