Specifically, the imports of seafood increased by 38.1 per cent in March of 2019; by 0.2 per cent in April of 2019 and by 13.7 per cent in May of 2019 to 168.93 million USD.

In the first 5 months of 2019. Vietnam’s seafood import value reached 729.69 million USD, up by 4.6 per cent compared to the same period of 2018.

Norway, India; China, Japan and Southeast Asia were the major markets that supply seafood to Vietnam; of which the imports from Norway - the leading market in May 2019 increased strongly by 88.3 per cent compared to April of 2019 and also increased by 77 per cent compared to May of 2018, reaching 24.81 million USD. The figure raised the turnover of the first 5 months to 91.42 million USD, accounting for 12.5 per cent ​​of the total seafood import value of the whole country, up by 26.5 per cent over the same period of 2018.

Meanwhile, the imports from India - the second largest seafood import market of Vietnam in the first 5 months of the year dropped sharply by 42.2 per cent over the same period last year with 87.88 million USD, accounting for 12 per cent of the total. In May of 2019 alone, it increased by 13.7 per cent compared to April of 2019 but decreased by 33.9 per cent compared to May of 2018 with 23.26 million USD.

The imports of seafood from Southeast Asia market accounted for 10.9 per cent of the total seafood import turnover of the whole country, reaching 79.56 million USD, up by 54.6 per cent over the same period last year. Of which, the imports from Indonesia reached 49.83 million USD, from Thailand - 11.18 million USD, from Singapore 6.28 million USD, from the Philippines - 8.17 million USD, from Malaysia 2.78 million USD, and from Myanmar - 1.32 million USD.

The country’s imports of seafood from China in the first 5 months also increased strongly by 38.2 per cent, reaching 61.37 million USD, accounting for 8.4 per cent of the total. The imports from Japan reached 50.88 million USD, accounting for 7 per cent of the total and up by 20.9 per cent year – on - year.

In the first 5 months of this year, the imports of seafood into Vietnam from most markets increased in value compared to the same period of 2018; in which, the imports increased sharply from several markets such as: from the Philippines - increased by 127.3 per cent, reached 8.17 million USD; from Indonesia increased by 66.4 per cent to 49.83 million USD; from the U.S - increased by 85.9 per cent, reaching 38.48 million USD; from Myanmar - increased by 33.5 per cent, reaching 1.32 million USD.

In contrast, the imports plummeted from several import markets such as: from Poland fell by 26.2 per cent, reaching 2.63 million USD; from Chile - decreased by 18.3 per cent to 29.9 million USD; from South Korea fell by 15 per cent, reaching 28.72 million USD.

Market	May of 2019	+/- May of 2019 vs. April of 2019 (%)	First 5 months of 2019	+/- First 5 months of 2019 vs. same period of 2018 (%)
Total	168,929,765	13.68	729,689,393	4.61
Norway	24,805,786	88.27	91,421,182	26.54
India	23,259,204	13.68	87,876,573	-42.22
South East Asia	20,807,533	22.23	79,555,711	54.62
China	12,492,851	-1.78	61,368,143	38.2
Japan	8,293,072	-6.3	50,875,308	20.92
Indonesia	11,370,447	17.96	49,830,191	66.37
Taiwan (CN)	8,206,681	-22.61	43,941,947	-6.2
Russia	8,638,090	4.59	40,906,910	22.31
The U.S	12,193,970	11.98	38,482,797	85.92
Chile	4,102,520	-44.72	29,896,676	-18.32
South Korea	4,285,203	54.24	28,715,414	-14.98
EU	3,975,211	-16.79	23,501,445	15.68
Thailand	2,871,194	31.85	11,177,755	22.88
Canada	3,188,688	47.03	10,928,991	4.12
Denmark	588,835	-69.62	9,737,565	10.94
Britain	1,789,516	35.33	8,850,405	11.04
The Philippines	3,002,432	-7.95	8,166,430	127.26
Singapore	2,154,731	80.57	6,282,796	20.33
Malaysia	948,148	68.14	2,780,679	6.88
Poland	865,280	62.87	2,632,802	-26.22
Ireland	731,580	-25.78	2,280,673
Myanmar	460,581	144.66	1,317,860	33.51