The figure fell sharply by 25 per cent over the previous month, showed the statistics figures of the General Department of Customs.  

India was the biggest seafood import market of Vietnam in January, accounted for nearly 29 per cent of the total with the import value of nearly $ 28 million, down by 27 per cent year – on – year and by 30 per cent over the previous month.

The other import markets of seafood were Norway - $ 8.1 million, up by 6.8 per cent; Taiwan - $ 7.3 million, up by 28 per cent; Japan - $ 6.2 million, up by 15 per cent; and Indonesia – nearly $ 4 million.

In the first month of this year, the country’s imports of seafood from Russia and Canada increased sharply by 496 per cent and 403 per cent, respectively year – on – year; the imports from the Philippines and China also increased by 104 per cent and nearly 59 per cent.

Meanwhile, the imports from Poland, South Korea and Chile fell sharply by 43.65 per cent; 35 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively.

 

Market	January of 2017	January of 2016	January of 2017 vs. January of 2016 (%)
Total	96,568,921	95,878,079	+0.72
India	27,880,419	38,024,924	-26.68
Norway	8,121,128	7,601,812	+6.83
China	7,930,628	4,991,191	+58.89
Taiwan	7,286,594	5,694,138	+27.97
Japan	6,227,497	5,406,485	+15.19
Indonesia	3,987,743	3,152,954	+26.48
Russia	3,444,980	577,963	+496.06
Denmark	3,197,211	2,542,237	+25.76
Canada	3,148,691	625,637	+403.28
The U.S	3,130,116	2,409,816	+29.89
Chile	2,843,448	4,070,913	-30.15
South Korea	2,177,146	3,372,420	-35.44
Thailand	2,034,823	1,891,080	+7.60
The U.K	1,012,702	1,084,071	-6.58
Poland	776,924	1,378,777	-43.65
Myanmar	431,391	-
The Philippines	324,941	159,039	+104.32
Singapore	262,468	217,892	+20.46
Malaysia	162,443	188,152	-13.66