(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2021, Vietnam exported seafood to nearly 170 markets. Only a few markets saw a decrease in seafood imports from Vietnam such as Japan, which decreased by nearly 7%, and China by 18%. Exports to other markets all grew positively such as the US increased by 27%, to the EU increased by 12%, South Korea increased by 5%, Australia increased by 16%, Russia increased by 21%. Exports to many other markets had a breakthrough growth such as Mexico up 49%, the Philippines up 66%, Israel up 41%, Brazil up 47%, Colombia up 73%...

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On January 29, Head of Trade at the Vietnamese Embassy in Pakistan Nguyen Thi Diep Ha personally made deep-fried basa fish to introduce at the ASEAN Food Festival 2022 (Charity Bingo 2022) organized by the Women's Union of ASEAN countries and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan held in Karachi city.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2021, Vietnamese seafood exporters have experienced ups and downs because of the Covid epidemic. Accordingly, in the third quarter of the year, production and exports declined due to restrictive measures and social distancing to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic. However, after easing the social distancing restrictions under Resolution 128, seafood exports quickly recovered and increased sharply in the last quarter of the year, bringing the whole year export result to $8.9 billion, an increase of nearly 6%. compared to 2020.

Import and export activities at Mong Cai International Border Gate (Quang Ninh) are cleared again after the Tet holiday.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2021, seafood exports have increased mainly thanks to the form of fresh/frozen/dried products. The total value of exported processed seafood products (HS code 16) accounted for 28%, reaching nearly 2.5 billion USD, nearly equivalent to 2020. Meanwhile, live, fresh, dried and frozen aquatic products, surimi, fish cakes... (HS code 03) achieved export value of 6.4 billion USD, up 6.5% and accounting for 72% of total seafood export value.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Despite being heavily affected by Covid, which led to a series of high transportation costs, Sao Ta Food Joint Stock Company (FIMEX VN) still reported historically high profits after 26 years of operation. FIMEX VN ranks 6th among Vietnamese seafood exporters in 2021 and is the 4th largest shrimp exporter with sales of 166 million USD.

(vasep.com.vn) 2021 is a difficult year for Vietnamese pangasius exporters. Covid-19 has attacked, making farming, transportation and export activities difficult. However, the whole year pangasius export value still reached 1.61 billion USD, up 8.4% over the previous year. "The difficulty, the wisdom", when exporting pangasius to a number of large markets was congested due to disease inspection and social distancing, businesses have smartly turned to a number of potential markets.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to data of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam's shrimp exports in 2021 recorded $3.9 billion, up 4% compared to 2020.

In 2021, Vietnam's seafood exports overcome the pandemic and bring in $8.9 billion. Seafood exports to the US market reached a record of 2 billion USD. Seafood exports to China fell to the lowest level in 5 years. The average price of seafood exports to major markets increased by 10-30% on average...

(vasep.com.vn) In November 2021, Vietnam's pangasius exports to China - Hong Kong market doubled from the previous month and increased by 17.4% over the same period in 2020. Thus, after three unstable quarters, in the last quarter of the year, exports to this market showed signs of positive growth.