In June, the country earned $764.04 million, slightly decreased by 0.2 per cent over the previous month.

In the first half of this year, the U.S has surpassed Japan to become the leading seafood export market of Vietnam with the export turnover of $632.78 million, down by 0.7 per cent year – on – year and accounted for 15.9 per cent of the total.  

It was followed by Japan with $615.07 million, up by 4.7 per cent; China - $482.11 million – up by 12.1 per cent; South Korea - $390.7 million, up by 19.4 per cent; the Netherlands - $157.75 million, up by 56 per cent; Thailand - $130.69 million, up by 16.6 per cent; and Britain - $127.12 million, up by 16.8 per cent.   

In the first six months of this year, Vietnam’s exports of seafood to Cambodia increased sharply by 94.7 per cent to $ 12.11 million; to Pakistan – up by 72.8 per cent to $ 12.32 million; to the U.A.E – up by 67.5 per cent to $40.14 million; to Egypt – up by 66.6 per cent to $21.57 million; to the Netherlands – up by 56 per cent to $157.75 million; and to Turkey –up by 50.9 per cent to $4.86 million.    

However, the exports of seafood to Saudi Arabia decreased sharply by 55.3 per cent to $14.06 million; to Indonesia – down by 37.9 per cent to $2.18 million; to Czech – down by 36.6 per cent to $3.29 million; to Brazil – down by 28 per cent to $39.35 million; and to Denmark – down by 27.2 per cent to $18.75 million.

Market	First 6 months of 2018	First 6 months of 2017	Comparison (%)
Total	3,967,554,336,00	3,577,986,668,00	+10.89
The U.S	632,777,475,00	637,217,264,00	0.70
Japan	615,066,897,00	587,217,914,00	+4.74
China	482,110,970,00	430,024,337,00	+12.11
South Korea	390,704,195,00	327,240,821,00	+19.39
The Netherlands	157,747,540,00	101,152,391,00	+55.95
Thailand	130,690,233,00	112,128,542,00	+16.55
Britain	127,118,226,00	108,875,842,00	+16.76
Canada	97,220,468,00	86,373,147,00	+12.56
Germany	94,606,327,00	74,358,661,00	+27.23
Hong Kong	91,857,780,00	74,147,383,00	+23.89
Australia	87,218,983,00	78,120,526,00	+11.65
Belgium	77,487,535,00	62,631,830,00	+23.72
Italia	64,248,947,00	65,157,464,00	1.39
The Philippines	58,617,937,00	51,690,423,00	+13.40
Singapore	55,157,115,00	47,887,277,00	+15.18
France	53,762,461,00	49,264,149,00	+9.13
Malaysia	52,962,727,00	44,844,220,00	+18.10
Mexico	51,764,335,00	56,119,866,00	7.76
Israel	49,730,487,00	37,365,559,00	+33.09
Taiwan	49,689,670,00	49,533,135,00	+0.32
Russia	44,671,181,00	41,362,390,00	+8.00
The U.A.E	40,135,070,00	23,963,987,00	+67.48
Brazil	39,353,855,00	54,624,002,00	27.96
Spain	34,115,031,00	32,074,309,00	+6.36
Colombia	30,269,978,00	30,117,145,00	+0.51
Portugal	29,097,740,00	19,430,780,00	+49.75
Egypt	21,572,377,00	12,947,470,00	+66.61
Denmark	18,753,784,00	25,767,100,00	27.22
Switzerland	16,896,252,00	19,885,843,00	15.03
Saudi Arabia	14,059,474,00	31,465,488,00	55.32
India	13,783,569,00	9,454,043,00	+45.80
Pakistan	12,315,035,00	7,127,674,00	+72.78
Cambodia	12,105,663,00	6,217,897,00	+94.69
Poland	10,353,767,00	7,088,469,00	+46.06
New Zealand	9,940,194,00	8,160,922,00	+21.80
Sweden	8,661,602,00	6,141,030,00	+41.04
Ukraine	7,107,955,00	6,202,649,00	+14.60
Turkey	4,864,129,00	3,224,368,00	+50.86
Greece	4,581,628,00	4,355,002,00	+5.20
Kuwait	4,385,403,00	4,297,209,00	+2.05
Iraq	4,208,800,00	4,137,491,00	+1.72
Rumania	3,346,795,00	2,477,852,00	+35.07
Czech	3,293,618,00	5,190,675,00	36.55
Indonesia	2,176,568,00	3,506,426,00	37.93
Brunei	799,474,00	609,784,00	+31.11