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Retail Asia22/09/2023

Tuna exports rose to US$87 million in August, the highest for the year though 5% down year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers. VASEP said there were some changes in the export patterns in August. After declining steadily, exports to the U.S. increased by 2% bolstered by a 24% jump in […]

Retail Asia20/06/2023

Seafood exporters are seeing orders plummet and facing even greater difficulties than during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first five months of this year their exports fell by 28% to $3.37 billion and companies saw a decline of 20-50% in export orders, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Prices too […]

Retail Asia23/02/2023

Shrimp exports plummeted by 55% year-on-year in January to US$141 million due to weaker global demand and stronger competition from other countries. According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, exports to the U.S. were worth $23 million, down 65%, the sharpest decline among all markets. Shipments to the EU were down 55% […]

Retail Asia23/01/2023

Despite a sharp fall in exports before the end of 2022 due to global inflation, tuna still brought home US$1 billion in revenue last year, up 34% from 2021, becoming a billion-dollar commodity for the first time, data showed. Tuna products of Vietnam were shipped to 99 markets, of which the U.S., the EU, members […]

Retail Asia26/12/2022

The agro-forestry-fishery sector has made new export records in 2022 thanks to the diversification of markets and products. Statistics show that the sector’s export turnover is expected to top $53 billion in the year with a trade surplus of $7.8 billion, up nearly 48% year-on-year. Fishery exports would reel in nearly $11 billion, a 20-year […]

Retail Asia28/11/2022

Vietnam’s seafood exports this year could reach $11 billion for the first time, spearheaded by shrimp, pangasius and tuna, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Truong Dinh Hoe, VASEP general secretary, said at a conference in HCMC Saturday that by November, seafood exports had already crossed $10 billion, so by […]

Retail Asia19/07/2022

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Tuna exports in the first six months were worth US$553 million, a 56 percent rise year-on-year, according to data from the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers. Exports to the U.S. all but doubled thanks to higher demand, especially for canned tuna. Exports to members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership […]

Retail Asia16/09/2021

Vietnam surpassed Thailand in the first half of this year to become the biggest exporter of tuna to Israel. It accounted for 31 percent of Israel’s imports while that country became Vietnam’s third largest market behind the U.S. and Italy. Israel bought less tuna from most countries amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but increased its imports […]

Retail Asia25/05/2021

Vietnam exported $74 million worth of tuna in April, a 50 percent year-on-year surge, with the U.S. and E.U. buying more. According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), tuna exports to the U.S. saw the highest growth with a 56 percent year-on-year surge in April. The association also reported a change […]

Retail Asia01/02/2021

Vietnam’s tuna exports declined by 9.8 percent in 2020 due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and are showing no signs of recovery. Analysts point to two reasons for the continuing slump: the unpredictability surrounding the pandemic and intense competition from low-priced Chinese canned tuna in its largest market, the U.S. Besides, consumers prefer […]

Retail Asia20/03/2017

The International Fish Force Academy of Indonesia (IFFAI) has officially opened today on Thursday, March 16, 2017. The inauguration was attended by Maritime Affairs and Fishery Minister Susi Pudjiastuti and National Police Chief Tito Karnavian. “This [academy] is aimed at how to handle criminal cases,” said Minister Susi on Thursday, March 16, 2017. The IFFAI […]

Retail Asia17/10/2016

Fishing captain Wahyu Sumantri used to helm a 700-tonne vessel that sailed the Celebes Sea from North Sulawesi. These days, he can be found peddling mie ayam, or chicken noodles, from a push cart in his home town of Kerawang, in West Java, about two hours from Jakarta. “Hopefully, this is just like a long break […]

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Tuna exports rise to year’s highest levels

Seafood exporters situation more dire than during Covid

Shrimp exports fall by half in January

Tuna becomes billion-dollar export for first time

New records seen in agro-forestry-fishery exports in 2022

Vietnam’s seafood exports nearing $11 bln in 2022

Tuna exports jump by 56 percent in H1

Vietnam goes past Thailand, becomes Israel’s biggest tuna supplier

Tuna exports soar

Another gloomy year forecast for tuna exports

International Fish Force Academy Officially Opens

Indonesia fishery sector losing its bite