Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The aquatic exportturnover was estimated at 3.2 billion USD in the first five months of 2019, ayear-on-year decline of 1.7 percent, according the Agro Processing and MarketDevelopment Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Japan, the US, China and the Republic of Koreawere the four leading importers of Vietnamese seafood in January – April,accounting for 53.7 percent of the sector’s total export turnover.
Strong growth was recorded in Mexico (up 31.7percent), Malaysia (up 22.7 percent), the Philippines (up 17.9 percent), andCanada (up 10 percent).
In the reviewed time, the country imported 735million USD worth of seafood, up 5.3 percent against the same period last year.
In 2018, Vietnam earned 9 billion USD from exporting aquaticproducts, a year-on-year increase of 8.4 percent. -VNA
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