Russia entered the top 5 importers of Vietnamese tuna

Imports of tuna from Vietnam to Russia in the first quarter of 2024 increased by 65% compared to the same period in 2023 and reached $10 million, the electronic newspaper of the Vietnamese Communist Party reported this on June 3, citing customs data. The main export item for supplies to the Russian market is frozen tuna meat: it accounts for 75% of the total volume. Russia, the publication writes, entered the top 5 importers of this type of fish from Vietnam, taking fourth place. Deliveries have been growing over the past three years after a long period of stagnation. Thus, at the end of 2023, tuna exports to Russia from Vietnam approached $29 million, which is almost twice the level of 2021, when the volume of supplies amounted to $14 million. Other importing countries are not named in the publication. VARPE note that Vietnam, together with China and Indonesia, provides over 90% of Russian tuna imports. In Russia, dozens of factories produce canned fish from this fish. As ...