(pangasius-vietnam.com) An Giang province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development predicted that the province would see lack of raw pangasius for processing during the late months of 2013 due to tightened water surface used in fish farming and a lower production of pangasius fingerlings.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Germany is the third largest consumer of Vietnamese pangasius in the EU and ranks eighth among Vietnam’s pangasius export markets. However, many fish exporters say that this market has still showed quiet demand and it may be hard for them to strongly increase exports in the coming time. According to Vietnam Customs, pangasius shipment to Germany had worth of US$20.03 million in January – May 2013, down 14.1 percent against the same time of 2012, showing the sharpest drop among the three leading markets in the EU.

US retailer Hy-Vee is struggling to get its hands on shrimp, despite its diversified sourcing strategy, reports Jeanine Stewart of Undercurrent News.

(vasep.com.vn) In first 6 months of 2013, Vietnam seafood exports to Japan reached nearly US$506 million, down 1.3% compared to the same period last year. Although shrimp exports recovered (+about 7%) in QII/2013, deep decreases in tuna and cephalopod exports (17 – 24%) led to a negative growth in the market. Japan ranked the third among top largest importers of Vietnam seafood.

(vasep.com.vn) Currently, Ngoc Tri Seafood Company’s processing plant has just fulfilled 70 – 80 percent of its designed production capacity. This is due to lack of workers and raw material. Despite favorable working policy, it is hard for the company to find enough workers to ensure its full operations.

(vasep.com.vn) Recently, Sai Gon Food Joint Stock Company (SG Food JSC) offered assistances to some university to support students in the 2013 university entrance exam in Vietnam. This is one of the significant activities of SG Food JSC to partly fulfill social responsibility as well as to celebrate its tenth anniversary on July 18th 2013.

(vasep.com.vn) In the wake of global economic turmoil, Vietnam’s fish paste and surimi exports to the two main markets, Japan and EU, are encountering a lot of bottlenecks.

(vasep.com.vn) Disease outbreak, lack of capital and other difficulties slashed shrimp farming areas in many large producing countries. The decline in shrimp production and supply for global market pushes shrimp price up rapidly.

The trend for high of prices of frozen skijpjack--raw materials of canned tuna and dried bonito--has come to a temporary halt.

The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is seeking approval to export more goods from the country into the European Union and hopes to see the 24 percent import duty, which the Philippines’ tuna products are currently subjected to within the EU market, cancelled. The aim will be to have a zero tariff by 2014.