Vietnam: Many records, seafood export reached 11 billion USD

According to the latest information from the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), in December 2022, the country's seafood exports reached $785 million, continuing a 13% decrease over the same period in 2021. However, thanks to continuous growth in the first 10 months of the year, the whole year of 2022, the seafood export industry has reached 11 billion USD, an increase of nearly 24% compared to 2021. Notably, many export items fell deeply in December 2022. In which, shrimp exports decreased by 21% year-on-year to $260 million, after a decline of 18% in November. However, for the whole year of 2022, the shrimp industry recorded a record of over $4.3 billion, in of which whiteleg shrimp reached 3.1 billion USD, black tiger shrimp reached nearly 570 million USD, lobster 278 million USD, the rest were other species of crayfish and marine shrimp. Similarly, pangasius products brought in more than 2.4 billion USD, up 52% compared to 2021. In December, ...