(VOV) -The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reports January’s seafood export turnover was valued at US$552 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 13.9%.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s seafood exports to Brazil remain at a modest rate, accounting for 1.8% of its total export volume. Even so many local businesses plan to boost exports to this market which has an average annual growth of 26%.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s seafood exports in September are estimated at US$558 million, raising the nine-month figure to US$4.61 billion, up 3% against the same period last year.

(VOV) - July’s agro-forestry and seafood exports are estimated to have earned US$2.39 billion, bringing their seven-month export value to US$15.59 billion.

(VOV) - Vietnamese seafood exports in May are estimated at US$479 million, bringing the total five-month export value to over US$2.2 billion, down 5.6 percent against last year.

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has decided to increase anti-dumping duties on Tra fish imported from Vietnam by an additional US$0.52-1.29 per kilo, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietnam’s seafood exports are predicted to experience a year-on-year decrease of 13 percent to US$1.15 billion in the first quarter of this year.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s seafood exports will face a lot of difficulties on account of shrinking markets in the US, the EU, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

(VOV) - Seafood businesses have struggled to earn US$6.2 billion from exports this year, US$300 million less than the set target.

The Mekong delta’s aquatic exports are forecast to reach around US$6.5 billion this year, according to the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development.

(VOV) -Seafood export earnings are expected to hit around US$6.5 billion this year.

Earnings from seafood exports in the last five months of this year will likely reach US$3.1-3.3 billion, raising the total export turnover for the whole year to US$6.5-6.7 billion.

The crux of the matter is how to help farmers, fishermen and businesses find a way out of this crunch time to stabilize production and make a reasonable profit.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has predicted that Vietnam’s earnings from seafood exports would drop to US$5.7 billion this year, which is more than US$500 million lower than its projected target.

Seafood exports in July reached US$500 million, raising the country’s seven-months turnover to US$3.1 billion, an increase of 24.8 percent over the same period a year ago.

In January, Vietnam’s seafood exports gained a revenue of US$320 million, rising 2.3 percent against the same period in 2010.

The Vietnamese agricultural sector is expecting to record US$4.815 billion in exports, a year-on-year increase of 14 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Russia was named a potential market for exporting seafood, said Duong Ngoc Minh, head of Managing Board for Export to Russia.