Tuna

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 Asia06/09/2023

According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, tuna exports to South Korea rose by 2.5 times year-on-year to over US$7 million in the first seven months. Tuna Vietnam, Nha Trang Bay and Phat Trien Seafood were the three biggest exporters, accounting for 64% of total shipments. Exports of canned tuna jumped by […]

Retail Asia29/08/2023

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) forecast tuna export orders will increase sharply in the last months of the year due to decreasing inventories in major export markets. VASEP said the stockpiled quantity of tuna in the U.S., one of the main markets of Vietnam has begun to decrease and importers were […]

Retail Asia13/04/2023

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Tuna exports to the U.K. tripled year-on-year in the first two months even as shipments to some main markets like the U.S. and E.U. plunged. Exports to the U.K. were worth US$1.3 million, enabled by a 13-fold rise in February, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Vietnam now ranks 13th […]

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 Asia19/07/2022

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 Asia17/02/2017

Thai and Filipino tuna exporters have accessed the market tariff-free for years. Vietnam’s tuna exports to Japan have steadily declined since 2013 due to exceptionally high tariffs, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Following a bilateral trade deal, Japan scrapped tariffs on Thai canned skipjack tuna, which carried a 3.2 […]

Retail Asia14/10/2016

Jordanian investor Iyad Al Shorafa expressed his interest in purchasing class C tuna from Gorontalo, at the amount of 25 tons per day. Al Shorafa is a member of the Middle East trade delegation participating in the Indonesian international trade promotional program, which was initiated by the Foreign Affairs Ministry as a part of the […]

Tag: Tuna

Tuna exports rise to year’s highest levels

Vietnam tuna exports to S Korea soar

Vietnam’s tuna export orders to increase

Tuna exports to UK triple

Tuna becomes billion-dollar export for first time

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

Japanese tariffs hobble Vietnamese tuna exports

Jordanian Investors Buys Gorontalo Tuna