Processing tuna for export (Photo: VNA) The tuna shipments accounted for about 15.1 percent ofVietnam’s total seafood export value to the EU.
In the second quarter of 2021, the country shipped 9,360 tonnes of tuna to this market, raking in 45.05 million USD, up 43.9 percent in volume and 59.3 percent in value from the previous quarter.
The surges were attributed to tariff reductions granted toVietnam’s tuna products under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which took effect on August 1, 2020.
A canned product of Vietnam (Photo: VNA) According to the MoIT, Vietnamese tuna was sold at 4.62 USDper kg on average to the EU in the first six months of the year, down 0.27percent year on year. The global tuna prices have been declining on the back ofweakening demand of canned tuna during the period.
Significant growth was seen in a number of EU markets, includingPoland which recorded imports of Vietnamese tuna rocketing 989 percent involume and 608.6 percent in value, and Bulgaria, 289 percent and 229 percent,respectively.
Data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) showed that Vietnam was the EU’s eighthlargest provider of tuna outside the union in the first four months of 2021, making up a 4.9percent share of the EU’s total tuna imports, compared to 4 percent inthe same period last year.
The MoIT’s Agency of Foreign Trade warned that Vietnam’stuna shipments are likely to continue facing difficulties from the EU as a resultof the COVID-19 resurgence and the “yellow card” warning on the illegal,unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing imposed by the EC on Vietnam./.
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