(vasep.com.vn) In the framework of the 27th ASEAN Summit held in Malaysia in November 22nd 2015, ASEAN leaders signed the Kuala Lumpur declaration to officially establish the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) from December 31st 2015. This event will offer further opportunities for Vietnam seafood enterprises.

(vasep.com.vn) To Vietnam, Italy is the second biggest market for bivalve mollusk in the EU. According to Vietnam General Customs, through October, bivalve mollusk exports to Italy reached US$ 10.8 million, up 4% from the same period last year. All clam products that Vietnam exported to Italy are processed (HS 160 556).

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam is currently the third largest frozen seafood supplier to Mexico , just behind after China and Chile. In Q2/2015, pangasius exports to this market suddenly dropped. June imports halved from May. This also happened in frozen tilapia fillets imports from China.

This Circular regulates the contents, procedures for implementation of the program of monitoring toxic residue in farmed fisheries and fishery products used as food (hereinafter referred to as “residue monitor program”); the responsibilities and rights of agencies and relevant organizations and individuals.

(vasep.com.vn) Weak demand in main markets, coupled with low export price and fierce competition squeezed Vietnam shrimp exports in the first 10 months of this year. According to statistics of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam shrimp sales in Jan-Oct 2015 reached US$2.5 billion, down 26.7% year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) In the last 2 years, Egypt and other countries in the Middle East have been a new destination for tuna from Southeast Asia.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam tuna exports to Spain increased in the first 4 months of 2015, followed by a decline in the next 4 months and gained back again in September. Through September, Spain was Vietnam’s second largest importing market for tuna in the EU.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's tuna export to Italy dropped steadily from the beginning of 2015 till September. According to statistics from Vietnam Customs, the country earned over US$ 1.9 million from tuna exports in September only, about 6 times as much as last year's result. However, tuna exports through September declined 39% year on year to over US$ 9.5 million.

(vasep.com.vn) Since 2012, China has been Vietnam's 4th largest shrimp importing market (behind the U.S., Japan and EU), taking up 11.2% in the total shrimp exports by Vietnam. Vietnam shrimp exports to this market kept the continuous growth in each year. Shrimp proportion of the total seafood exports from Vietnam to China is increasingly high. In the first half of October 2015, Vietnam shrimp sales to China gained US$20 million, up 18.5% year on year. Through 15th October 2015, Vietnam shrimp exports to the market reached more than US$268 million, down 22.2% year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) Now you can read the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal before judgment passing.