Seafood exports surge 25.4% in eight months
(VOV) -Vietnam’s seafood exports jumped 25.4% on-year in the first eight months of the year to US$4.95 billion, tallying in at a record US$679 million for the month of August alone.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reported the US remains the country’s largest seafood consumer, accounting for 22.8% of the total market share and were US$973.84 billion for the period.
Vietnamese seafood exports to Japan, the Republic of Korea and China increased by 6.39%, 53.83%, and 27.37%, respectively.
Vietnam is also the third largest supplier of seafood to Australia, trailing New Zealand and China.
Vietnam’s total seafood export turnover was over 4,000 tonnes in the first eight months of this year,3.8% more than last year’s same period.