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Vietnam’s processed seafood popular in Asia

Vietnam’s processed seafood has won more recognition from many Asian countries, especially Japan , the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Cambodia.
Vietnam’s processed seafood has won more recognition from many Asiancountries, especially Japan , the Republic of Korea (RoK) andCambodia.

According to the Vietnam Associationof Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), by mid-July, Vietnam hadexported around 22,000 tonnes of processed seafood worth over 99million USD in total to 53 markets throughout the world.

Japan is the largest importer of Vietnamese processed molluscswith 2,800 tonnes, worth more than 17 million USD. In total, the countryimported over 5,000 tonnes of Vietnamese seafood worth around 29million USD.

The RoK has also increased itsseafood imports from Vietnam to meet its increasing demand. By July15, the country had bought over 2,600 tonnes of processed fish worthmore than 13.8 million USD.

In the reviewedperiod, Cambodia , a country with a high demand for canned fishproducts from Vietnam , imported over 1,400 tonnes of processedseafood worth 2.4 million USD.

In the first sevenmonths of this year, Vietnam ’s seafood export turnover reached 2.45billion USD, a year-on-year increase of nearly 12 percent.

The EU remained Vietnam ’s largest seafood importer with 512 million USD, followed by Japan with over 373 million USD./.
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