Singapore (VNA) – Vietnam retained its position as Singapore’s third-largest seafood supplier in 2025, trailing only Malaysia and Indonesia on a full-year basis, as bilateral trade in aquatic products continued to gain momentum.
Data released by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore (ACRA) show that Singapore spent 125.5 million SGD (97.7 million USD) on importing seafood from Vietnam last year, up 10.7% year on year, accounting for 10.3% of the city-state’s total seafood import market.
Chilled or frozen fish fillets and fish meat recorded the highest import value among Vietnamese seafood categories, reaching 63 million SGD, up 4.8% year on year, and commanding 29.7% of market share. Vietnam continued to hold a leading position in this high-value category in the Singapore market.
Vietnam also posted robust gains in two other key segments during 2025. Exports of crustaceans (HS0306), whether processed or not, reached 28.6 million SGD, up 25.4% from the previous year and representing 9.8% of the share. Molluscs (HS0307), processed or unprocessed, recorded 15.8 million SGD, a 35.8% surge that gave Vietnam an 11.4% share.
The Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore noted that with the overall size of Singapore’s seafood import market expected to stay relatively stable, Vietnam is well-placed to defend its dominant share in chilled and frozen fish fillets and fish meat. However, competition in crustaceans and molluscs is expected to remain fierce, not only from established regional players Malaysia and Indonesia but also from China, Japan and Norway.
Norway now maintains its lead in the fresh or chilled fish category (excluding fillets and fish meat), capturing 42.5% of Singapore’s imports in that segment. Meanwhile, China overtook Norway in the third quarter of 2025 to become the city-state’s fourth-largest overall seafood supplier, just behind Vietnam, and continues to exert strong competitive pressure in crustaceans and molluscs.
ACRA figures show Singapore’s total seafood imports from all sources reached 1.2 billion SGD (934 million USD) in 2025, up 4.2% year on year. Demand remained evenly distributed across four major categories, including fresh or chilled fish (excluding fillets and fish meat), frozen fish (excluding fillets and fish meat), chilled or frozen fish fillets and fish meat, and crustaceans (processed or not), each generating annual import values exceeding 200 million SGD./.
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