Seafood exports to US hit record high
(VOV) - Vietnam’s seafood exports to the US for calendar year 2014 jumped 25.6% on-year, tallying in at US$1.709 billion, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
VASEP reported the US remained the country’s largest seafood market, accounting for 21.82% of the total market share.
Vietnamese seafood exports to Japan, the Republic of Korea and China increased by 7.55%, 27.85% and 11.38% respectively.
Vietnam was also the third largest supplier of seafood to Australia, trailing New Zealand and China.
In 2014 the country’s total seafood export value reached nearly US$8 billion, exceeding the target by US$1 billion.