Seafood export value estimated at 844 million USD early 2017
The value of seafood exports in the first two months of 2017 was estimated at 844 million USD, representing a year-on-year decline of 3.1 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Workers at a shrimp processing factory (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The value
of seafood exports in the first two months of 2017 was estimated at 844 million
USD, representing a year-on-year decline of 3.1 percent, according to the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
In February, the export value
was 351 million USD.
In the two months, Vietnam
imported seafood worth 196 million USD, an increase of 19.1 percent from 2016. Seafood
import value in February was 99 million USD.
According to the MARD, seafood
output in the first two months was 389,000 tonnes, up 1.5 percent, with tuna
and anchovy producing the highest output.-VNA