US tra fish imports fall as prices rise
(VOV) - Vietnam’s tra fish exports to the US dipped 16.2% to US$273.3 million in the ten months leading up to November compared to last year’s corresponding period, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
The US now ranks second after the EU in importing Vietnam’s tra fish, accounting for 18.7% of the country’s total export volume. The decrease in the quantity of seafood products, and tra fish in particular, has been attributed to an economic downturn in the US and the imposition of anti-dumping tariffs, a VASEP representative said.
The representative noted the average export price of tra fish jumped nearly 4%, in spite of the decrease in exports to the market. In the first nine months of the year, the average tra fish price has gone up US$3.09 per kilo.