Seafood import markets in first four months
Friday, May 25,2018AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam’s imports of seafood in the first four months of this year totaled US$ 532.98 million, increased by 26.7 per cent over the same period last year, showed the statistics figures of the General Department of Customs.
India was the country’s biggest seafood import market in the period, accounted for 21.9 per cent of the total with $ 116.88 million, up by 8 per cent year – on – year. Meanwhile, the imports of seafood from Norway reached $ 58.23 million, up by 88.6 per cent; from the South East Asian countries - $ 39.68 million, up by 47.2 per cent; from China - $ 33.62 million, down by 12 per cent; from Japan - $ 31.29 million, up by 34 per cent.
In the first four months of this year, Vietnam’s imports of seafood from Myanmar decreased by 53.7 per cent to $ 0.8 million; from Denmark – down by 32.5 per cent to $ 6.41 million; and from China – down by 12 per cent to $ 33.62 million.
However, the imports from the Philippines increased sharply by 139.5 per cent year – on – year to $ 2.92 million; from Malaysia – up by 127.8 per cent to $ 2.19 million; from Chile, Norway, Indonesia, Poland and Canada increased by 91.4 per cent; 88.6 per cent; 74.6 per cent; 65.7 per cent and 60 per cent, respectively.
Vietnam’s imports of seafood in the first four months of 2018 - Unit: US$- source: VITIC – according to the figures of the General Department of Customs
Market
|
April of 2018
|
April of 2018 vs. March of 2018 (%)
|
First 4 months of 2018
|
First 4 months of 2018 vs. same period of 2017 (%)
|
Total
|
126,268,041
|
-5.76
|
532,977,461
|
26.7
|
India
|
25,660,758
|
-3.04
|
116,881,928
|
8
|
Norway
|
13,784,496
|
-16.48
|
58,231,765
|
88.57
|
Taiwan
|
7,821,397
|
4.06
|
36,619,882
|
35.11
|
China
|
9,189,240
|
29
|
33,620,422
|
-12.12
|
Japan
|
7,151,686
|
-8.11
|
31,294,285
|
34.01
|
Chile
|
7,770,514
|
76.99
|
29,539,695
|
91.35
|
Russia
|
5,286,821
|
-44.58
|
25,793,444
|
38.59
|
Indonesia
|
3,325,581
|
-26.55
|
23,073,102
|
74.77
|
South Korea
|
5,781,999
|
-27.45
|
21,855,352
|
26.35
|
The U.S
|
5,694,343
|
58.02
|
16,318,047
|
28.45
|
Canada
|
2,157,199
|
-35.76
|
8,280,396
|
60.07
|
Thailand
|
1,668,642
|
-16.79
|
6,848,644
|
9.76
|
Britain
|
1,634,731
|
7.32
|
6,410,007
|
50.93
|
Denmark
|
1,034,769
|
-55.03
|
6,405,792
|
-32.52
|
Singapore
|
1,089,690
|
-36.79
|
3,855,651
|
6.83
|
The Philippines
|
661,804
|
-40.89
|
2,920,666
|
139.51
|
Poland
|
430,080
|
21
|
2,895,535
|
65.74
|
Malaysia
|
704,408
|
5.4
|
2,187,218
|
127.79
|
Myanmar
|
139,694
|
-27.17
|
796,305
|
-53.7
|
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