Vietnam emerges as second largest supplier of whitefish to US
VOV.VN - Vietnam was the second largest provider of whitefish, mainly tra fish (pangasius), to the United- States during the first half of the year, with turnover reaching US$184 million, accounting for 21% of total US import turnover of the product, according to details given by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
July alone witnessed tra fish (pangasius) exports to the US soar by 69% on-year to US$31 million, bringing the seven-month tra fish exports to the demanding market up to US$190 million, up 20% against the same period from last year.
Local key tra fish exports to the US include frozen pangasius fillets, value-added products, dried tra fish, and other frozen products.
Most notably, frozen pangasius fillets remained the major export item to the fastidious market in July with a turnover of US$29 million, thereby representing a rise of 61% against the same period from last year.
During the seven-month period, export turnover of this item to the highly lucrative market reached US$185 million, up 19% on-year.
Throughout the reviewed period, the tra fish sector rake in more than US$3 million from value-added exports to the demanding market, resulting in a 14-fold rise on-year and making up 14% of the total export proportion.
Experts attributed the recovery of tra fish exports to the US since the beginning of this year to a remarkable decline recorded in inventories in the market last year.
They predict that export orders of tra fish to the fastidious market will increase ahead in the remaining months of the year as preparations for festivals and year-end holidays are anticipated to push up consumer demand.
