Vietnam promotes tuna exports to the Middle East

The Middle East continues to be Vietnam's fourth largest tuna export market after the US, EU and CPTPP. Currently, there are many tuna enterprises redirecting their exports to the Middle East markets. The Middle East is a potential tuna export market. However, the development of exports to this market has many ups and downs. Currently, Israel, Egypt and Lebanon are the three largest tuna import markets of Vietnam in this market block. If last year, tuna exports to Israel were stagnated, this year tuna exports to this market have increased again. Currently, Israel is Vietnam's second largest single tuna export market after the US, accounting for 6% of the country's total tuna value in the first 10 months of the year. Compared to the same period in 2020, tuna exports to this market increased by 39%. Meanwhile, exports to Egypt fell again after booming last year. In 2019, Vietnam's tuna exports to Egypt sometimes increased by 3 digits compared to the same period in 2019, ...