AsemconnectVietnam - According to the preliminary statistics figures of the General Department of Customs, Vietnam’s seafood import turnover of all kinds to Vietnam in the first 5 months of 2023 reached over 1.05 billion USD, up by 6.6% compared to the first 5 months of 2022.

Particularly in May of 2023, the import turnover of this group of products reached over 195.71 million USD, up by 1.1% compared to April of 2023 but down by 14.6% compared to May of 2022.
In the first 5 months of 2023, India, Norway, Indonesia, China and Japan were the main markets supplying seafood to Vietnam; in which the imports from India lead in turnover, reaching 151.9 million USD, accounting for 14.5% of the total import turnover of this commodity group of the whole country, a sharp increase of 24.2% compared to the first 5 months of 2022. In May of 2023 alone, the imports from this market reached 20.74 million USD, down by 8.7% compared to April of 2023 and sharply down by 43.7% compared to May of 2022.
In second place was the Norwegian market, the imports from this market in May of 2023 decreased by 11.5% compared to April of 2023 and decreased by 0.5% compared to May of 2022, reaching 21.68 million USD, bringing the total import turnover in the first 5 months of 2023 to 116.07 million USD, accounting for over 11%, up by 18.7% compared to the first 5 months of 2022.
The imports from Chinese market reached 90.27 million USD in the first 5 months of 2023, accounting for 8.6%, up by 4.1%; from Indonesia reached 85.38 million USD, accounting for 8.1%, down by 3%; and from Chile reached 65.79 million USD, accounting for 6.3%, a sharp increase of 92.6%.
In general, in the first 5 months of 2023, seafood import turnover from main markets increased over the same period last year.
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Source: VITIC