Vietnam: Seafood exports in the first 8 months of 2021 reached 2.1 billion USD

According to the Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), in August 2021, Vietnam's seafood exports reached 224.8 million USD, down 22% compared to July 2021 and down 24% compared to the same month. August 2020. In August 2021, Vietnam's seafood exports fell sharply compared to the previous month and compared to the same period last year. The reason is that production activities are delayed due to social distancing to prevent the Covid epidemic, processing plants reduce capacity, lack of production materials, supply chain is interrupted, transportation is not smooth. . Vietnam's seafood exports include other groups of fish products (except tuna and pangasius, accounting for 51.7% of Vietnam's total seafood export value); tuna (accounting for 22.1%); squid, octopus (17%); crabs, crabs and other crustaceans (4.9%); bivalve molluscs (4.1%) and other molluscs (except squid and bivalve molluscs account for 0.2%). In August 2021, the export value of all seafood products ...