shrimp

Retail Asia23/10/2023

Shrimp exports to the U.S. in September increased 23% compared to the same period last year, marking the third consecutive month of positive growth. The 23% growth in September was also the highest compared to the previous two months, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). However, in the nine months […]

Retail Asia16/05/2023

Shrimp prices have fallen by up to 30% within a month, and threaten to cause losses to southern farmers. In the Mekong Delta provinces of Tien Giang and Ca Mau, the prices of shrimp sized 100 to a kilogram have declined by a third from four weeks ago to VND70,000-80,000 (US$3-3.41). Larger ones, sized 30 […]

Retail Asia06/03/2023

Vietnam’s shrimp exports face challenges with prices decreasing and competition from Ecuador and India intensifying, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters. Global prices have decreased since the second half of last year and are expected to fall further this year as supply rises sharply to six million tons, VASEP general secretary Truong Dinh […]

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 Asia16/04/2021

Vietnam targets a 5 percent increase in shrimp exports this year to $4 billion. It also targets output of 930,000 tons and having 740,000 hectares of shrimp farms, said Tran Dinh Luan, director of the Directorate of Fisheries, said at the VietShrimp Aquaculture International Fair in Can Tho City on Wednesday. He expected Vietnam to […]

Retail Asia07/01/2021

Vietnam has advantageous conditions to increase shrimp exports by 15 percent year-on-year to top $4 billion in 2021, industry insiders say. Global demand has remained stable while other shrimp exporting countries have not recovered from pandemic impacts, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). China is the biggest shrimp producer in […]

Retail Asia04/05/2017

About 700 000 hectares of rice and other agriculture crops in Vietnam were destroyed by climate-induced natural disasters in 2016, reports the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Consequently, rice production, which was hit the hardest, fell by some 800,000 tons, which has forced the Ministry to fast track implementation of remedial climate change adaption […]

Retail Asia14/03/2017

The Vietnam government contends the ban by the Australian Department of Agriculture on raw imports is ‘causing serious damage’ to the country’s shrimp farmers and exporters, and has requested it be reversed. Australian Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce announced a six-month suspension on the import of raw shrimp this past January, following an outbreak of white […]

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Shrimp exports to US surge in September

Shrimp prices plummet on stubbornly low global demand

Shrimp exports set for difficult year

Shrimp exports fall by half in January

Vietnam eyes $4 bln in shrimp exports

Shrimp exports to rise 15 pct

Vietnam looks for shrimp farming to save the Mekong Delta

Vietnam requests Australia roll back ban on shrimp imports