The export value of aquatic products are estimated at 591 million USD
for August, bringing the total turnover in the first eight months of
this year to 4 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 1.3 percent.
According to statistics by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development, the US remains the largest
importer of Vietnam’s aquatic products, accounting for 20.9 percent
of the total turnover. It bought 712.31 million USD worth of products in
the January-July period, up 6.1 percent from the same period last year.
Exports to China, Thailand and
Canada also enjoyed remarkable increases in value of 52.7 percent, 9.6
percent and 6.8 percent, respectively, over the same period of 2012.
However, decline was seen in exports to the
Republic of Korea (19.1 percent), Spain (11.5 percent) and
Japan (1 percent).
Vietnam spent 415
million USD on importing aquatic products in the first eight months,
down 7.2 percent year-on-year.
India and China’s
Taiwan are the two largest suppliers of aquatic products to Vietnam,
accounting for 14.2 percent and 11.4 percent of its total import
turnover, respectively.-VNA