AsemconnectVietnam - According to the preliminary statistics figures of the General Department of Customs, Vietnam’s imports of seafood of all kinds in the first four months of 2023 reached nearly 856.39 million USD, up by 13.4% compared to the first four months of 2022.

Particularly in April 2023, the import turnover of this group of goods reached nearly 193.61 million USD, down by 21.4% compared to March of 2023 and down by 8.2% compared to April of 2022.
In the first 4 months of 2023, India, Norway, Indonesia, China and Chile were the main markets supplying seafood to Vietnam; in which, the imports from India lead in turnover, reaching 131.17 million USD, accounting for 15.3% of the total import turnover of this commodity group of the country, a sharp increase of 53.4% compared to the first 4 months of last year. In April of 2023 alone, the imports of seafood from this market reached 22.71 million USD, down by 38.7% compared to March of 2023 and down by 23.2% compared to April of 2022.
Norway ranked second, the imports from this market in April of 2023 decreased by 20.7% compared to March of 2023 but increased slightly by 1.9% compared to April of 2022, reaching 24.5 million USD, bringing the total import turnover of the first 4 months of 2023 to 94.39 million USD, accounting for 11%, up by 24.2% compared to the first 4 months of 2022.
The next was the Indonesian market with 74.93 million USD in the first 4 months of 2023, accounting for 8.8%, up by 16.5%; China reached 73.26 million USD, accounting for 8.6%, up by 20.1%; Chile reached 54.7 million USD, accounting for 6.4%, a strong increase of 106.3 %.
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Source: VITIC